astonish

Compared meaning: to make someone feel very surprised (verb).

比较义项：使某人感到十分惊讶（动词）。

• amaze

  More common in everyday speech; often suggests pleasant wonder or admiration alongside surprise, not just shock or disbelief.

  在日常口语中更常用；除了惊讶之外，往往还带有愉快的惊叹或赞赏的意味，而不只是震惊或难以置信。

  The magic trick continued to amaze everyone in the room.

  那个魔术继续让房间里的每个人都感到惊讶。

• astonish 本词

  Slightly more formal and stronger, usually implying the surprise is so great it borders on disbelief.

  语气略正式、程度更强，通常暗示这种惊讶强烈到近乎难以置信。

  Her incredible memory continues to astonish everyone who meets her.

  她惊人的记忆力至今仍让每一个见过她的人感到惊讶不已。

Amaze and astonish are very close, both meaning to surprise someone greatly. Astonish is more formal and stronger, often implying the surprise is hard to believe. Amaze is more common in everyday speech and often carries pleasant wonder or admiration, not just shock.

amaze 和 astonish 在这个义项上非常接近，都表示“让人感到十分惊讶”，但 astonish 语气更正式、更强烈，常带有“令人难以置信”的意味；amaze 更常用于日常口语，惊讶中也常带有赞叹或喜悦的意味。这两个词没有其他需要区分的义项。