awe

英 [ɔː] 美 [ɔː]

• n. 敬畏；恐惧
• vt. 使敬畏；使惊惧

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]敬畏; 惊惧

   feelings of respect and slight fear; feelings of being very impressed by sth/sb

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使敬畏; 使惊惧

   (formal)to fill sb with awe

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 敬畏
2. 畏惧
3. 威风
4. 怕
5. 畏怯
6. 惊叹
7. 惊惧
8. 令人敬畏的力量
9. 恐怖
10. 惧怕
11. 恐惧
12. 惊骇

v. 动词

1. 使敬畏
2. 使害怕
3. 使…凛然生畏
4. 吓住
5. 惊奇
6. 感到不可思议
7. 使畏惧
8. 使畏怯
9. 使由于敬畏而…
10. 使惊惧
11. 使惊叹
12. 令人敬畏
13. 对…充满敬畏之情
14. 引起畏惧
15. 使充满畏惧

英英释义

Noun:

1. an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration;

   "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"
   

2. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something;

   "the fear of God"
   "the Chinese reverence for the dead"
   "the French treat food with gentle reverence"
   "his respect for the law bordered on veneration"
   

Verb:

1. inspire awe in;

   "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The children stared at the teacher with awe.
   孩子很敬畏地凝视着老师。
2. We all listened to the venerable scholar with awe.
   我们都怀着敬畏之心倾听着这位德高望重的学者的讲话。
3. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe.
   与恐惧相随而来的是一种意想不到的悲怆。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. No difficulty could awe these young men.
   任何困难都吓不倒这些年轻人。
2. The silence awed the boy.
   寂静使这个小男孩害怕了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Deep awe fell up on them all.
   众人不禁凛然敬畏。
2. We feel awe when we stand near vast mountains.
   人们靠近莽莽崇山时会产生敬畏之感。
3. The big tree is so imposing that it inspires awe.
   这棵大树雄伟得令人惊叹。
4. The vast mountains inspired awe in us.
   那莽莽群山令我们惊叹不已。
5. The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.
   正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
6. He gazed upon her in awe.
   他用敬畏的眼光看着她。
7. The child stared at him in silent awe.
   那个孩子默默无言,以畏怯的目光凝视着他。
8. They gazed in awe at their hero.
   他们敬畏地凝视着他们的英雄。
9. Our boss is held in awe by everyone at work.
   干活时我们大家都对老板感到畏怯。
10. He held priests in awe, and could not bring himself to confess his sins to them.
    神父们使他望而生畏,鼓不起勇气来向他们忏悔罪行。
11. I've always held pianists in awe, because I'd like to have become one myself.
    我对钢琴家一直怀有敬畏之情，因为我自己也想成为一名钢琴家。
12. My brother was much older and cleverer than me so I always hold him in awe.
    我哥哥比我大得多也聪明得多,所以我始终对他怀有敬畏之心。
13. As a young girl I was very much in awe of my father.
    还是小女孩时我很敬畏父亲。
14. He seems slightly in awe of his wife.
    看来他有点儿惧内。
15. He is totally in awe of his father.
    他对他的父亲非常敬畏。
16. While Diana was in awe of her grandfather, she adored her grandmother.
    黛安娜敬畏她的祖父,但很爱她的祖母。
17. I am quite in awe of brain surgeons.
    我对脑外科医生怀有强烈的敬畏之情。
18. He always stood in awe of his father.
    他总是害怕他的父亲。
19. They rather stand in awe of Charles.
    他们非常敬畏查尔斯。
20. I lived in awe of my father until I was at least fifteen.
    我至少在15岁之前一直惧怕父亲。
21. Savages often live in awe of nature.
    未开化的人常对大自然存有敬畏之心。
22. They boy looked in awe upon the king.
    这男孩以敬畏的眼光望着国王。
23. We looked in awe upon the queen.
    我们敬畏地看着王后。
24. An expression of awe animated their faces.
    他们的脸上浮现出敬畏的表情。
25. He speaks of her with awe.
    他谈到她时肃然起敬。
26. She was struck with awe at the dreadful sight.
    看到这可怕的景象,她万分惊惧。
27. The place has always inspired me with awe and wonder.
    这地方总是激起我内心的敬畏和惊叹。
28. The pyramid filled us with awe.
    金字塔让我们敬畏。
29. Her first view of the pyramids filled her with awe.
    她初见金字塔时,敬畏之感油然而生。
30. The sight of Father Christmas filled the children with awe.
    孩子们见到圣诞老人时心中充满敬畏之情。
31. The sight of Notre dame Cathedral filled the tourists with awe.
    圣母院大教堂的景象使参观者充满敬畏之情。
32. The book is worth our awe.
    这是一本令人肃然起敬的书。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The profound silence awed everyone.
   这死一般的沉寂使人畏怯。
2. Her paintings have awed and amazed the public for half a century.
   半个世纪以来,她的绘画一直使公众感到惊异和敬佩。
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3. I was awed but not frightened by the huge gorilla.
   那只巨大的猩猩使我敬畏,但不使我害怕。
4. They were awed by him and looked at each other in uneasy admiration.
   他们对他感到敬畏,彼此面面相觑,露出不安的钦佩之情。
5. They were still awed by the incomprehensible power of the hurricane.
   他们对飓风那难以形容的威力还是心有余悸。
6. They were awed into silence by the sternness of her voice.
   她严厉的声音把他们吓得鸦雀无声。
7. They were awed into silence by the enormous ancient buildings.
   他们看到这些庞大的古代建筑敬畏得说不出话来。
8. The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance.
   观众席上鸦雀无声,人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。

其他

1. Awed at the summons, they came within a few minutes.
   这次召唤他们诚惶诚恐,没用几分钟就来了。
2. She seemed awed by the presence of so many famous people.
   见到这么多名人出席,似乎令她惊叹不已!
3. We sat in awed silence.
   我们敬畏地默默坐着。

经典引文

• His voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe.

  出自： W. Cowper

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• rouse awe in sb 使某人感到敬畏

介词+～

• with a sense of reverent awe 带着敬畏之感
• with a shuddering awe 战战兢兢

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. awe通常用于被动语态。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

awe, reverence

• 这组词都有“深深的敬畏”的意思，其区别是：
• awe指在高于自己的人面前产生畏惧或敬畏; reverence含有明显的承认或某物的不可侵犯的意思。

词源解说

• ☆ 1200年左右进入英语，直接源自古北欧语的agi，意为恐慌，惊惶。

近反义词

【近义词】

• dread 惧怕
• respect 尊敬
• reverence 敬畏
• surprise 惊奇
• astonishment 惊讶
• terror 恐怖
• fright 惊骇
• fear 担心
• wonder 惊奇
• veneration 崇敬
• admiration 钦佩
• amazement 惊愕
• wonderment 惊奇
• esteem 尊敬
• trepidation 恐惧
• fearfulness 可怕
• frighten 使惊吓
• terrify 使害怕
• panic 惊慌
• worship 崇拜
• alarm 警报
• shock 震惊

【反义词】

• scorn 轻蔑
• insolence 傲慢
• contempt 轻视

派生词

v.(动词)

• aweless adj. 大胆的，无畏的