請問awesome和awestruck有什么區別?
詞根 awe 表示 “使…敬畏” 或 “使…害怕” 由 some 構成的合成詞表示“事物具有…特征”, awesome 含有“具有敬畏或可怕特征”,意思是“令人敬畏的”或“可怕的”,指的是 “事物的特征”。
如: The street was awesome quite. 街道安靜得有些可怕。 That new white car is totally awesome. 那輛新的白色汽車簡直棒極了。 The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power. 愛爾蘭的教堂一直掌握著令人敬畏的權力。struck 本身表示 “受到影響的”,因此 awestruck 含有“人受到敬畏影響的”,意思是 “肅然起敬的”或“驚恐失措的”,指的是 “人的狀態”,如: I stood and gazed at her, awestruck that anyone could be so beautiful. 我站在那里凝望著她,對有這么美的人感到肅然起敬。如: All the family members were thrown into awestruck silence under the threat of thegunmen. 在持槍歹徒的威脅下一家人嚇得一聲不響。