astound

• 驚愕させる

asは接頭辞asのex-変化形から来ており、ここでは強調のために使われている。tonはthunderのように擬音語である。接頭辞dはsoundのように。

astound

astound: [17] Astound, astonish, and stun all come ultimately from the same origin: a Vulgar Latin verb *extonāre, which literally meant something like ‘leave someone thunderstruck’ (it was formed from the Latin verb tonāre ‘thunder’). This became Old French estoner, which had three offshoots in English: it was borrowed into Middle English in the 13th century as astone or astun, and immediately lost its initial a, producing a form stun; then in the 15th century, in Scotland originally, it had the suffix -ish grafted on to it, producing astonish; and finally in the 17th century its past participle, astoned or, as it was also spelled, astound, formed the basis of a new verb.
=> astonish, stun

astound (v.)

mid-15c., from Middle English astouned, astoned (c. 1300), past participle of astonen, astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of Vulgar Latin *extonare. Related: Astounded; astounding.

1. If we did all the things we are capable of doing，we would literally astound ourselves.

私たちにできることを全部やったら、最終的には私たち自身もびっくりされます。

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2.Their dark humor never failed to astound him.

彼らのブラックジョークはいつも彼を舌に巻く。

3.He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance.

過去、彼が見せた驚くべき忍耐力は友人たちを驚かせたことが多い。

4.A repertoire of tricks will astound the esteemed public.

全番組が尊敬する視聴者を驚かせる。

5.His practical grasp of affairs and his energy still astound me.

彼の物事の実際の把握と彼の十分な精力には本当に驚かされた。