marvellous

英 ['mɑːvələs] 美 ['mɑːrvələs]

• adj. 惊奇的；非凡的；绝妙的
• =〈美〉marvelous

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 不可思议的,惊奇的,奇妙的

   astonishing; wonderful

2. 〈口〉极好的,绝妙的

   very good; excellent

英英释义

Adjective:

1. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers;

   "a fantastic trip to the Orient"
   "the film was fantastic!"
   "a howling success"
   "a marvelous collection of rare books"
   "had a rattling conversation about politics"
   "a tremendous achievement"
   

2. being or having the character of a miracle

3. too improbable to admit of belief;

   "a tall story"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He had had the most marvellous experience.
   他有过非凡的经历。
2. Her marvellous acting talent is preserved on celluloid.
   她非凡的表演才能在电影胶片里被保存下来了。
3. She has a marvellous way with children.
   对付小孩她自有一套绝妙的办法。
4. There was some marvellous wildlife photography in the documentary.
   这部记录片里有些绝妙的野生动物镜头。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He is a marvellous musician.
   他是个了不起的音乐家。
2. I warmly congratulated him on the marvellous achievement.
   我热烈祝贺他取得了惊人的成就。
3. What marvellous weather!
   多好的天气!
4. What you said is a marvellous idea.
   你所说的真是个绝妙的主意。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The performance is simply marvellous.
   演出精彩极了。

It is/was+～+to- v

1. It's marvellous to have a day off.
   休息一天太好了。

It is/was+～+wh-clause

1. It's marvellous how he's managed to climb that far.
   他怎么能爬得那么远,真不可思议。

经典引文

• Yasha looks like a child opening a marvellous gift.

  出自： A. Geras

• The play was such a marvelous success!

  出自： E. O

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. marvellous是英式拼法，美式拼法为marvelous。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

marvellous, wonderful

• 这两个词的共同意思是“了不起的”。其区别是：
• 1.marvellous多用于修饰事或物,强调事物的独特与奇异; 而wonderful除可修饰事或物以外,还可以修饰人。例如:
• I warmly congratulated him on the marvellous discovery.我热烈祝贺他取得了惊人的发现。
• 2.marvellous语气比wonderful强; 而wonderful的使用范围比marvellous广。例如:
• He did a marvellous trick.他变了个惊人的魔术。
• We had a wonderful time.我们度过了一段十分快乐美好的时光。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的merveille，意为奇迹般的，惊人的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• wonderful