awesome

Compared meaning: very noticeable, surprising, or impressive (adjective).

比较义项：非常引人注目、令人惊讶或令人惊叹的（形容词）。

• striking

  Describes something so visually noticeable or attractive that it grabs attention at a glance; used for looks, colors, or contrasts, not for a feeling of wonder or awe.

  形容某事物在视觉上非常引人注目或有吸引力，一眼就能抓住人的注意力；多用于外貌、颜色或对比，而不是表达惊叹或敬畏之情。

  Her bright red coat was so striking that people stopped to stare on the street.

  她那件鲜红色的外套非常引人注目，路上的人都停下来盯着看。

• awesome 本词

  Expresses awe or wonder at something grand, powerful, or vast, often nature or scale; in casual speech also simply means excellent, stronger and more emotional than amazing.

  表达对宏大、强烈或壮观事物的惊叹与敬畏，常用于自然景观或规模；在口语中也可简单表示“极好”，语气比amazing更强烈、更带感情色彩。

  The sheer size of the canyon was awesome, and we just stood there in silence.

  峡谷的规模令人惊叹，我们只是静静地站在那里。

• amazing

  The most common, general word for impressively surprising or wonderful; milder and more everyday than awesome, and unlike striking it need not involve visual appearance.

  是表示“令人惊讶、令人惊叹”最常见、最通用的词；语气比awesome更温和、更日常，且不像striking那样必须涉及外观。

  It's amazing how quickly the kids learned to read this year.

  孩子们今年学会阅读的速度快得令人惊讶。

• dramatic

  Describes a sudden, large, and noticeable change or event, especially increases, drops, or shifts; not used for a person's looks or an emotional reaction to beauty.

  形容突然、显著且引人注目的变化或事件，尤其是增长、下降或转变；不用于形容人的外貌，也不用于表达对美的惊叹之情。

  There was a dramatic change in the weather within an hour.

  一个小时内，天气发生了戏剧性的变化。

Striking, awesome, amazing, and dramatic all describe something noticeable. Striking means visually noticeable, grabbing attention. Awesome expresses wonder at something grand or powerful. Amazing is the most common, mild word for something wonderful. Dramatic describes a sudden, large change. Dramatic's theater meaning is not compared.

这四个词都表示“非常引人注目、令人惊讶或惊叹”，但用法和语气不同：striking强调视觉外观上的醒目，awesome强调面对宏大事物时的敬畏之情，amazing是最通用、语气最温和的说法，dramatic专指突然而显著的变化。这里不比较dramatic表示“戏剧的、与戏剧表演有关的”这一本义（如a dramatic actor戏剧演员）。