Astonishing

(adj.) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; 'such an enormous response was astonishing'; 'an astounding achievement'; 'the amount of money required was staggering'; 'suffered a staggering defeat'; 'the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying' .

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• When one thinks of it, how astonishing a variety of nature! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The most extraordinary thing about the man was, that he was contorting his face into the most fearful and astonishing grimaces that ever were beheld. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• An astonishing number of men always _are _getting disappointed there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen, it was astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Of this edition, up to the present period (1858), the astonishing number of TWELVE MILLIONS OF SHEETS have been issued, the weight of which amounts to upwards of 335 tons! 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Waldman inflicted torture when he praised, with kindness and warmth, the astonishing progress I had made in the sciences. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Under these circumstances it is not astonishing that many of the regiments broke at the first fire. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• How Jane could bear it at all, was astonishing to Emma. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• It was altogether such an astonishing event to see her do it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It is an astonishing fact that nine-tenths of the so-called maple sugar and maple syrup sold as the genuine articles are nothing more than clever imitations. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Is it not astonishing that there were no printed copies distributed? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Though it's astonishing how much those thorough-bred creatures can do and suffer. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Have you not heard the astonishing intelligence regarding her surreptitious union? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In one picture a still more astonishing appearance was produced, by the change of the interior of a beautifully painted and decorated church into a mass of charred ruins. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Through the beaming smile with which he regarded me as he reasoned thus, there now broke forth a look of disinterested benevolence quite astonishing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The diversity of the breeds is something astonishing. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• What further improvement may still be made in the use of this astonishing power it is impossible to know, and it were vain to conjecture. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The scarcity of such people is astonishing. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And there he remained so long saying, Astonishing at intervals, so often, that I began to think his senses were never coming back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It was an astonishing break in the French career of victory. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Any one who has a taste for drawing, and a little ingenuity, may thus produce many pleasing and astonishing effects. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Well, this is very astonishing! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Imagination can figure nothing so grand, so surprising, and so astonishing! 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• And it would be astonishing to find how soon the change is felt if we had no kindred changes to compare with it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• They will help us to understand better the astonishing irrelevance of the political life of this period to the realities that rose about it. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But if we are blind to the beauties of truth, it is astonishing that we should not open our eyes to the inconvenience of falsity. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• We stood ready to count the astonishing clatter of reverberations. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• When I found so astonishing a power placed within my hands, I hesitated a long time concerning the manner in which I should employ it. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• What was scarcely less astonishing to me, was, that his affairs were in a most disordered state. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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