wonderment

英 [ˈwʌndəmənt]

美 [ˈwʌndərmənt]

n.  惊喜; 惊叹

复数：wonderments　

BNC.23103 / COCA.22251

牛津词典

noun

• 惊喜；惊叹
  a feeling of pleasant surprise or wonder

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 惊喜;惊叹
  Wondermentis a feeling of great surprise and pleasure.
  1. His big blue eyes opened wide in wonderment.
     他蓝色的大眼睛睁得大大的，透着惊喜。

英英释义

noun

• the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
  Synonym:wonderadmiration

双语例句

• Our wonderment about life is diminished when we know the source of life's beginnings.
  当我们了解到生命起源的时候，我们对生命的惊奇就会被弱化。
• The most stunning thing about the film, though-and this is said not by way of praise, but with anxious wonderment-is how depressing and truly doomy most of it is.
  不过该片最令人惊叹的并没有赞扬的成分，而是令人不安的惊叹是大部分时间里沉重的压抑和末世气氛。
• The wonderment with which such phenomena are welcomed is a most abstract frame of mind, from which one should advance to a closer insight into the inner harmony and uniformity of nature.
  对变幻无常之现象的赞美，乃是出于一种抽象的心理态度，这种态度必须为我们所超越，并进一步认识自然的内在和谐性和规律性。
• Not tears of sadness or anger, but an outpouring of emotion over the sheer wonderment that we can be this close-twelve years after graduation-with such physical distance between us.
  这些不是伤心或愤怒的眼泪，而是纯粹惊叹尽管毕业十二年了，彼此距离那么遥远，但却能保持如此亲密的关系，眼泪是这种情感的迸发。
• Obama waited patiently during McCain's attacks, comfortably perched on the chair, often smiling in seeming wonderment about what he was hearing from his opponent.
  而在麦凯恩抨击奥巴马时，后者的应对显得很从容。奥巴马坐在椅子上，很舒服，并时常露出微笑，仿佛对对手的说辞感到赞叹。
• We were bug-eyed in wonderment.
  我们非常惊奇，眼珠都快瞪出来了。
• She gasped in wonderment at her good luck.
  她运气这样好，惊奇地倒抽了一口凉气。
• After the initial wonderment over how such bad architecture has managed to last so long, there's nothing much left to do apart from climbing the tower.
  最初的对于“这样的建筑怎么能保存如此之久”的惊叹过去之后，也就没什么可做的了。
• The major features of transpersonal experiences include wonderment, assuredness, wisdom, unity, universality, and influential power.
  超个人经验的主要特征包括惊奇、确实、智慧、合一、普遍性和感染力。
• I was full of wonderment at this unusual mammal, with its circular head adorned by short ears, its round eyes, its white whiskers like those on a cat, its webbed and clawed feet, its bushy tail.
  我很赞美这新奇的哺乳类动物，圆突的头，上面有短短的耳朵，圆圆的眼睛，像猫须一般的白色瓮须，掌形带甲的脚，团簇的尾巴。