wonder
美 [ˈwʌndə(r)]
英 [ˈwʌndə(r)] 
- v.想知道;惊讶;惊叹;琢磨
- n.奇迹;惊讶;惊奇;奇观
- adj.极好的;极有效的;非常美丽的
- 网络惊异;感到奇怪;纳闷
词形变化
复数:wonders 现在分词:wondering 过去式:wondered 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [t][i] 想知道;想弄明白;琢磨to think about sth and try to decide what is true, what will happen, what you should do, etc. |
| I wonder who she is. 我在想她到底是谁。 |
| I was just beginning to wonder where you were. 我刚才正琢磨你上哪儿了呢。 |
| ‘Why do you want to know?’ ‘No particular reason. I was just wondering.’ “你为什么想要知道?”“没有特殊原因。我就是想搞清楚。” |
| We were wondering about next April for the wedding. 我们寻思着下个四月举行婚礼可好。 |
| ‘What should I do now?’ she wondered. “我现在该怎么办呢?”她自忖道。 |
2. | [t] ~ if, whether… (礼貌地提问或请人做事时说)used as a polite way of asking a question or asking sb to do sth |
| I wonder if you can help me. 不知您是否能帮我的忙? |
| I was wondering whether you'd like to come to a party. 不知您能否来参加聚会。 |
3. | [i][t] 感到诧异;非常惊讶to be very surprised by sth |
| She wondered at her own stupidity. 她没想到自己竟会这样愚蠢。 |
| He's gone and left us to do all the work, I shouldn't wonder(= I wouldn't be surprised if he had) . 他走了,把所有的活都留给我们干。我对此并不感到奇怪。 |
| I wonder (that) he didn't hurt himself jumping over that wall. 我纳闷他怎么从那墙上跳过去竟没摔伤自己。 |
| I don't wonder you're tired. You've had a busy day. 你累了,这我一点儿不奇怪。你已经忙了一整天。 |
1. | [u] 惊讶;惊奇;惊异;惊叹a feeling of surprise and admiration that you have when you see or experience sth beautiful, unusual or unexpected |
| He retained a childlike sense of wonder. 他仍然有一种孩子般的好奇感。 |
| She gazed down in wonder at the city spread below her. 她俯视展现在眼前的城市,惊叹不已。 |
2. | [c] 奇迹;奇观;奇事;奇妙之处something that fills you with surprise and admiration |
| The Grand Canyon is one of the natural wonders of the world. 科罗拉多大峡谷是世界自然奇观之一。 |
| the wonders of modern technology 现代技术的奇迹 |
| That's the wonder of poetry─you're always discovering something new. 这就是诗的奇妙之处,你总有新的发现。 |
| the Seven Wonders of the World(= the seven most impressive structures of the ancient world) 世界七大奇观 |
3. | [sing]
能人;奇才;有特效的东西a person who is very clever at doing sth; a person or thing that seems very good or effective |
| Dita, you're a wonder! I would never have thought of doing that. 蒂塔,你真神了!我从来想不到那样做。 |
| Have you seen the boy wonder play yet? 你看过那场神童表演没有? |
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习惯用语
do wonders (for sb/sth)
(为某人或替某事)创造奇迹;产生神奇作用to have a very good effect on sb/sth
| The news has done wonders for our morale. 这消息大大振奋了我们的士气。 |
(its) no/little/small wonder (that)…
不足为奇;并不奇怪it is not surprising
| It is little wonder (that) she was so upset. 她如此心烦意乱,并不奇怪。 |
| No wonder you're tired, you've been walking for hours. 难怪你累了呢,你一直走了好几个小时。 |
its a wonder (that)…
令人惊奇的是;莫名其妙的是it is surprising or strange
| It's a wonder (that) more people weren't hurt. 奇怪的是没有更多的人受到伤害。 |
wonders will never cease
(表示惊喜)真是无奇不有,怪事何其多a phrase used to express surprise and pleasure at sth
| ‘I've cleaned my room.’ ‘Wonders will never cease!’ “我把我的房间打扫干净了。”“怎么太阳从西边出来了!” |
work wonders
创造奇迹;取得优良的成绩;产生良好的效果to achieve very good results
| Her new diet and exercise programme has worked wonders for her. 她新的饮食和锻炼计划对她产生了奇效。 |
英汉解释
n. | |
v. | 1. 思索;寻思;琢磨;踌躇;对...感到疑虑;对某事感到好奇 |
adj. | |
英英解释
例句
The actor was just a nine-day wonder that he was forgotten by his fans soon.
那个演员仅仅昙花一现,很快就被他的粉丝们遗忘了。
wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thought.
奇怪,有人既然反省了自己的思想,怎么还能有脸去指责别人。
The wonder is not that the protesters lack an agenda but that they are still cheerfully trying to hammer one out.
令人迷惑的事情并不在于抗议者缺乏诉求,而在于他们仍然充满热情地努力达成一项诉求。
The satellite that landed in their garden made the family a bit of a nine days' wonder, but no one remembers their names now.
这家人因卫星落在家中花园里而轰动一时,不过现在已没人记得他们的名字了。
"That's great, Ray, " and Japhy took out his notebook and wrote down the prayer, and shook his head in wonder.
“那太好了,雷,”贾菲同时取出他的记事本,把那段祈祷文记下,并在思究中摇动他的头。
If God calls us his sheep I wonder just what he's trying to say?
如果主把我们叫作是羊,他想说的到底是什么?
But there is reason to wonder whether the capital cushions, at least in their current form, will be enough to overcome human limitations.
但人们有理由怀疑,由资本构成的缓冲,至少目前在形式上是如此,是否将足以克服人的局限。
Colleagues see a few of its work, I sometimes wonder why the boss, a person can create so much work for others to be completed?
看见同事们有做不完的工作,有时我想,为甚麽做老闆的,一个人就可以创造那麽多工作给别人去完成?
I think of you and wonder if you think of me, too.
我想着你,想知道你是否也想着我。
There's a moment in God's conversation with Cain that makes us wonder if there could have been a different ending to this story.
在神与该隐的对话中,我们曾看到一丝转机,令我们联想这件事本来可以有一个不同的结局;
But one may wonder if they have gone far enough to help them out with everything.
但有些人问道这些是否已经帮他们解决了所有的困难。
Stocks had their best day in over 5 years. We'll have to see if it's just a one-day wonder.
股票昨天在5年内表现最好。我们不得不猜想这是不是仅是一天的奇迹。
He never lost that childhood sense of wonder and of curiosity.
他从未丧失孩童般的疑问和好奇。
'A few years from now we'll look back and wonder why there was this time when all these websites weren't personalized, ' he said.
他说,几年后回过头来看时我们会惊讶于现在为什么所有网站都没有提供这种个性化服务。
I'm going to take a vacation next month. I wonder you whether plan or not. If not, maybe you are willing to go with me.
我打算下个月去度假,不知道你是否已经做好度假计划,如果还没有,或许你愿意和我一起去度假。
With all the partisanship and gridlock here in Washington, it's easy to wonder if such unity is really possible.
随着在华盛顿的党派对立问题和政治僵局的出现,我们很容易会怀疑团结是否真的还有可能?
some of our workers like to make fun of him. No wonder he lacks self esteem. It's a darn shame!
我们有些同事老是拿他开玩笑。怪不得他会缺乏自尊心。这真是不应该!
I wonder if it has to do with the TOTAL INEPTNESS of the Cuban dictatorship?
我怀疑这与古巴独裁政府的“完全无能”有关?
Whenever I am free, I keep thinking of him, I wonder if he thinks of me occasionally and how he is doing these days.
每当我有空的时候,我总想到他,不知他最近过得可好,有没有偶尔想到我。
To his own wonder, Will Brangwen found himself in an electric state of passion.
威尔·布兰文发觉自己正处在令人心醉神迷的热恋之中,他自己也感到惊讶。
After this meeting, we all started to wonder if Henry was losing his mind.
这次会议之后,我们大家都怀疑亨利是不是发狂了。
Some people wonder how the minority is ever heard if the majority rules.
有些人不明白,在多数派掌政的时候,少数派如何表达自己的意见。
Thinking about the globe, you may wonder how the continents float, move, or tear apart.
考察地球,你可能会惊奇,陆地为什么会漂浮、运动或裂开。
Jeanne was so much overcome by wonder, and even by awe, that her feelings were deep, stunning and almost overpowering.
珍妮简直惊骇得说不出话来,她的感情是深沉的,她感到头晕目眩,几乎支持不住。
No wonder one often hears the expression "the rich get richer, while the poor get children! "
无怪乎我们经常听到这样的说法:“富人财富越来越多,穷人孩子越来越多!”
I wonder what lay behind the president's speech.
我不知总统的这篇演说用意何在。
No wonder Government declines to advance him rapidly.
政府不愿意很快地晋升他是毫不奇怪的。
I wonder what Longstaff was doing in that Washington crowd.
不知道朗斯达夫在华盛顿的稠人广众之中干些什么。
Nobody can wonder that men are soldiers and sailors.
男子汉参加陆军或海军,谁也不觉得奇怪。
She shook her head in drowsy wonder.
她在惊讶得朦朦胧胧的情况下摇了摇头。
There was a light of wonder in her eyes.
她两眼闪烁着异采。
To his own wonder, Will Brangwen found himself in an electric state of passion.
威尔·布兰文发觉自己正处在令人心醉神迷的热恋之中,他自己也感到惊讶。
Unless you look at him, wonder at him, write paragraphs about him, he cannot live.
除非你监视他,怀疑他,写文章谈到他,否则他无法生活。
He had eyes for the dog, and a great wonder came into his face.
他看到的只是这条狗,脸上露出极为惊讶的神色。
Miss Leg's only wonder was that Bertha had chosen him rather than ten thousand others of the same variety.
莱伊小姐唯一奇怪的是,伯莎在千千万万同类青年中偏挑中了他。
Say, for myself, that you used to talk a good deal about your duty and to wonder what it was.
我说,汝平时侈谈责任,又不知它为何物。
She was tired out with wonder and marveling.
一整天的猎奇把她累坏了。
I wonder who it was defined man was a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given.
不知道是谁说的:人是理性动物,真是胡说八道。
Mrs. Montgomery's illuminated gaze grew vague and began to wonder.
蒙哥马利太太熠熠有光的眼神因诧异变得黯然了。
There's nothing to do in this town except mooching around the streets; no wonder young people get into trouble.
在这座城市除了逛大街以外没事可干;难怪年轻人要出乱子。
Sissy had suddenly turned her head, and looked, in wonder, in pity, in sorrow.
西丝忽然转过头来,表情惊讶、怜悯而悲愁。
Families with old people began to wonder when the ancient fathers and mothers would die, and babies whined.
有老人的人家看着年迈的父母朝不保夕,婴儿幼童发出有气无力的哭声。
It is a wonder how any man of feeling could have resisted the invitation.
真不明白一个感情丰富的人怎么能挡得住这样引诱。
The only thing is: I wonder if it sells the goods.
唯一的问题是:我怀疑能不能把商品推销出去?
You will wonder at my better scholarship, but when I was abroad, I had the best teachers.
你会奇怪我的文化程度有所提高,这是因为在国外的时候有最好的老师教我。
I couldn't wonder at his voice, for it was mellow and full, and gave great importance to every word he uttered.
我也不觉得奇怪,因为他的声音圆润,铿锵,每一个字都有力量。
He stood there motionless and in wonder, dimly conscious that Hallward was speaking to him, but not catching the meaning of his words.
他一动不动地站着,惊奇得出了神,恍惚地觉得哈尔伍在跟他讲话,但是没法理解他的字义。
Marco never seemed to wonder at the immense collection of facts in his father's head.
马科对他父亲头脑里有那么渊博的知识,似乎从不感到惊讶。
Her expression, however, thanks to various intensities of emphasis and wonder, of horror and joy, was not inhuman.
然而她的脸由于经常露出各种大惊小怪,喜怒哀乐的表倩,还是很有人情味。
I had spent years climbing the mountain. When I finally made it to the top, I started to wonder why I had been in such a hurry to get there.
我花了很多年的时间向上攀登。到达顶峰时,我开始感到迷惘:我急急忙忙爬到这里究竟是为了什么。
Another gladiator team -- a tauren, a troll, and an undead managed by a goblin -- watch Spike and wonder what he's up to.
另外一个角斗士队伍——一个牛头,一个巨魔以及一个亡灵和他们的地精经纪人——看着狼牙,不知道他在干嘛。
If I had a wish, I'd wish to be human. To know how it feels to feel, to hope, to despair, to wonder, to love.
假如我有一个愿望,我希望我成为一个人,知道如何去感受,期望,绝望,怀疑,如何去爱。
Last year the art critics praised Jonas as if he were a maser, but he turned out to be a nine day's wonder.
去年艺术评论家们还赞颂乔纳斯为大师呢,但后来证明它只是一个昙花一现的人物。
"I wonder, " said he, at the next opportunity of speaking, "whether he is likely to be in this country much longer. "
等到有了说话的机会,他又接下去说:“我不知道他是否打算在这个村庄里多住些时候。”
Natasha saying nothing went up to her father, and gazed at him with eyes of inquiring wonder.
娜塔莎不说一句话,走到父亲跟前,用疑惑得出奇的目光望着他。
I wonder what the dynamics would be like between the US and China if the US never got caught up in all those wars in the Middle East.
我惊奇的是这个中美间的动力(囚徒困境),如果美国没有陷入这些中东战争中。
You still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood .
每天晚上入睡前,你总是要细细回想每个细节,无数次发问自己究竟是哪里做错或被误解。
I wonder if you'd mind if I brought my kind sister along. You see, she? s staying with us for a few days.
不知道你介不介意,我带我的小妹一块儿去。你知道,她这几天要跟我们在一块儿。
The frequency of floods increases each year, leaving many to wonder how much longer Venice can stay above water.
洪水的次数逐年增加,使许多人想知道威尼斯还有多久就会被淹没。
And you'll wonder how it all came to this point. And how in the hell I got to this place.
你也会奇怪这一切是怎么发生的,我究竟怎么会走到这一步。
As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
关于万物起源问题,人类只能惊奇,怀疑和猜测。
"I've had no side effects that I'm aware of, " he said. "For me, it has been a wonder drug. "
“据我所知,我没有出现副作用,”他说,“对我来说,这是一种神奇的药物。”
"Yeah. Some, " she said. "Raymond used to get off better than the rest of us, but now he's the only one left, I wonder. "
“是的,有时候,”她说,“以前雷蒙德比我们会逃,可现在就剩他一个人在家了。”
I lived next to it from a young age. I would look over and wonder if there was a monster like the Scotland Lochness Monster in it.
我打小就住在汉江边上,那时我会向江心望去,思量里面是不是会有尼斯湖水怪。
I wonder if I could trouble you for a few minutes about admission to your department.
不知道能不能耽搁您几分钟的时间,谈谈有关能否进贵系读书。
I wonder how much suffering there is in this world!
我不知这世界上到底有多少苦难!
Nowhere did we stop long enough to get a particularized impression, but the general sense of vague and oppressive wonder grew upon me.
我们停靠的所有地方,虽因时间短促没有留下特别的印象,但却使我的心头蒙上了一种莫可名状的难以忍受的感觉。
There's something I'd like to talk over with you. I wonder whether it would be convenient to meet you tomorrow afternoon.
我有事想和您商谈。不知明天下午见您是否方便?
I wonder if you mind looking at my throat for a minute?
劳驾您看看我的嗓子好吗?
Now, we did wonder how much to trust the answers of people responding to survey questions about adultery.
现在我们很想知道我们对于人们对出轨这个问题的调查的答案可信度是多少。
Wonder which is really the best, Harvard, or Yale or Oxford?
我可不知道到底那一个大学最好——哈佛,耶鲁,还是牛津?
They have seen fresh foot marks and wonder if we want to go on a hunt with them.
他们看到了明显的足印,并且问我们要不要和他们一起去打猎。
I wonder what started him so suddenly.
我不知道什么事情惊得它突然跳起来。
I wonder (that) he did it at last.
真奇怪,他终于做了那件事了。
"I wonder where he went, " said Mr. Kernan.
“我真想知道他上哪儿去了,”克南先生说。
People sometimes wonder about the future of the world.
人们常常会对世界的未来感到疑虑。
They wonder at the boy's wit.
他们对男孩的机智感到惊讶。
I wonder whether it is true.
我不知道真不真。
I wonder how old he is.
不晓得他是几岁。