astonishment是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 惊奇， 惊讶，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I cannot express my astonishment at the beauties of these new regions.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A great astonishment burst upon him, as if the air had broken.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As he turned the key in the lock, he surveyed me with some astonishment which was not diminished when he looked from me to my companion.
-- I looked in astonishment towards the old man, but he was, or feigned to be, busied in the arrangement of his dress.
-- Now, just as Mr Quilp laid his hand upon the lock, and saw with great astonishment that the fastenings were undone, the knocking came again with the most irritating violence, and the daylight which had been shining through the key-hole was intercepted on the outside by a human eye.
-- The child saw with astonishment and alarm that his whole appearance had undergone a complete change.
-- The man stared on receiving these instructions, for the single gentleman had not only displayed as much astonishment as Kit's mother at sight of the dwarf, but, standing in no fear of him, had been at less pains to conceal his dislike and repugnance.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His appearance was entirely unexpected to Maslova, especially at this time and place, and therefore the astonishment of the first moment brought to her mind that of which she never thought before.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Promptly afterwards, fresh sounds of astonishment arose; the window of the captain's room was thrown open with a slam and a jingle of broken glass, and a man leaned out into the moonlight, head and shoulders, and addressed the blind beggar on the road below him.
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