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astonishing

[ə'stɔnɪʃɪŋ] брит. / амер.

прил.

изумительный, ошеломительный, поразительный, удивительный

Examples from texts

Even if we ignore the introduction of fleets of jumbo jets, trucks, cars, trains, subways and the like, our social investment in mobility is astonishing.
Даже без учета парка больших реактивных самолетов, грузовиков, автомобилей, поездов, метро и т. п. наш социальный вклад в мобильность поистине удивителен.
Toffler, Alvin / Future ShockТоффлер, Элвин / Шок Будущего
Шок Будущего
Тоффлер, Элвин
© Alvin Toffler, 1970
© Перевод. К. Бурмистров, 2001
© Перевод. Л. Бурмистрова, 2001
© Перевод. Е. Комарова, 2001
© Перевод. В. Кулагина-Ярцева, 2001
© Перевод. А. Микиша, 2001
© Перевод. А. Мирер, 2001
© Перевод. И. Москвина-Тарханова, 2001
© Перевод. Е. Руднева, 2001
© Перевод. Н. Хмелик, 2001
Future Shock
Toffler, Alvin
© 1970 by Alvin Toffler

An astonishing sense of calm and security came over him.
Удивительное чувство покоя и безопасности охватило его.
Strugatsky, Arkady,Strugatsky, Boris / The Ugly SwansСтругацкий, Аркадий,Стругацкий, Борис / Гадкие лебеди
Гадкие лебеди
Стругацкий, Аркадий,Стругацкий, Борис
The Ugly Swans
Strugatsky, Arkady,Strugatsky, Boris
© 1979 by Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.

He told the girl his astonishing story (and we, too, will hear about it at the transit prison center). She, in turn, told him the simple story of a Moscow student who had gotten 58-10.
Он рассказал девушке свою удивительную историю (мы еще услышим ее на пересылке), она же ему - простенькую историю московской студентки, получившей 58-10.
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr / The Gulag ArchipelagoСолженицын, Александр / Архипелаг Гулаг
Архипелаг Гулаг
Солженицын, Александр
© Русский Общественный Фонд Александра Солженицына, 2009
The Gulag Archipelago
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
© 1973 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
© 1973, 1974 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
© 1985 by The Russian Social Fund

The moment Raskolnikov caught sight of her, he was overcome by a strange sensation as it were of intense astonishment, though there was nothing astonishing about this meeting.
Когда Раскольников вдруг увидел ее, какое-то странное ощущение, похожее на глубочайшее изумление, охватило его, хотя во встрече этой не было ничего изумительного.
Достоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказаниеDostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970

In the far corners of Russia, the market will remain fragmented, while in the urban areas, it will be astonishing how quickly small retailers will disappear and people’s shopping habits will become completely urbanized and Westernized.
В отдаленных уголках России рынок все еще остается дискретным, тогда как в городах мелкие магазины быстро исчезают, а покупательские привычки граждан становятся все более "западными".
© The Well, 2009
http://www.thewell.ru/ 11/28/2007

What was scarcely less astonishing to me, was, that his affairs were in a most disordered state.
Но не менее удивило меня, что его дела находились в полном беспорядке.
Dickens, Charles / David CopperfieldДиккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
© CRW Publishing Limited 2004

She exhibited commercial and administrative abilities that were really astonishing!
Она выказывала такие коммерческие и административные способности, что оставалось только изумляться!
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
Вешние воды
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Torrents of Spring
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!"
Подумать – столь многое на нее возложено, и как отлично она со всем справляется – это, право, достойно удивления!
Austen, Jane / EmmaОстин, Джейн / Эмма
Эмма
Остин, Джейн
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
Emma
Austen, Jane
© 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.

It was an astonishing and revolutionary experience for her.
Это было удивительное, совсем новое для нее ощущение.
Dreiser, Theodore / The TitanДрайзер, Теодор / Титан
Титан
Драйзер, Теодор
© Издательство "Правда", 1981
The Titan
Dreiser, Theodore
© 1914 by JOHN LANE COMPANY

But in spite of their astonishing blindness, even Miss Barrett's family begin to notice, as the weeks passed, a change in Miss Barrett.
Но несмотря на свою удивительную слепоту, даже родные мисс Барретт через несколько недель стали замечать перемены в мисс Барретт.
Woolf, Virginia / Flush: A BiographyВульф, Вирджиния / Флаш
Флаш
Вульф, Вирджиния
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1986, 2001
© "Азбука-классика", 2006
Flush: A Biography
Woolf, Virginia
© 1933 by Harcourt, Inc.
© renewed 1961 by Leonard Woolf

About it hatless men and youths clung with the astonishing disregard of physical laws that flies possess.
Мужчины и молодые люди без шляп висели на ней гроздьями - с тем поразительным пренебрежением к законам физики, которое отличает мух.
Faulkner, William / Light in AugustФолкнер, Уильям / Свет в августе
Свет в августе
Фолкнер, Уильям
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1985
Light in August
Faulkner, William
© 1932 by William Faulkner
© renewed 1959 by William Faulkner

But altogether, it was a literary debut more astonishing than most and more noticed.
Тем не менее литературный дебют Гарпа оказался более ярким, чем большая часть подобных дебютов, и был замечен и критиками, и читателями.
Irving, John / The world According to GarpИрвинг, Джон / Мир глазами Гарпа
Мир глазами Гарпа
Ирвинг, Джон
© 1976, 1977, 1978 by John Irving
© И. Тогоева, перевод на русский язык, 2009
© ООО Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2009
The world According to Garp
Irving, John
© 1976, 1977, 1978 by John Irving

God has tormented me all my life,” he ended up suddenly with astonishing expansiveness.
Меня бог всю жизнь мучил, - заключил он вдруг с удивительною экспансивностью.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

'Such disinterestedness,' repeated Nikolai Artemyevitch; 'it's astonishing.
- Это бескорыстие, - повторил, возвысив голос, Николай Артемьевич, - это удивительно.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008

It is because I found out at once that you have the rare and astonishing gift of sincerity."
Я сейчас решил это. У вас есть удивительное, редкое качество - откровенность.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ОтрочествоTolstoy, Leo / Boyhood
Boyhood
Tolstoy, Leo
© Arc Manor 2008
Отрочество
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960

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astonishing

ə'stɔnɪʃɪŋAdjectiveизумительный; ошеломительный; поразительный; удивительныйExamples

It was astonishing to watch them perform. — Было изумительно наблюдать за их выступлением.
It was astonishing to everyone that the court had made such a decision. — Все были ошеломлены, что суд вынес такое решение.

User translations

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1.
изумительный
translation added by Yefim Yasnogorsky
Gold en-ru
2

Collocations

astonish the native

произвести оглушительное впечатление

be astonished

изумляться

be surprised / astonished / thunderstruck

поражаться

be astonished / dumbfounded / stunned

садиться

Word forms

astonish

verb

Basic forms
Past	astonished
Imperative	astonish
Present Participle (Participle I)	astonishing
Past Participle (Participle II)	astonished

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I astonish	we astonish
you astonish	you astonish
he/she/it astonishes	they astonish

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am astonishing	we are astonishing
you are astonishing	you are astonishing
he/she/it is astonishing	they are astonishing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have astonished	we have astonished
you have astonished	you have astonished
he/she/it has astonished	they have astonished

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been astonishing	we have been astonishing
you have been astonishing	you have been astonishing
he/she/it has been astonishing	they have been astonishing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I astonished	we astonished
you astonished	you astonished
he/she/it astonished	they astonished

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was astonishing	we were astonishing
you were astonishing	you were astonishing
he/she/it was astonishing	they were astonishing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had astonished	we had astonished
you had astonished	you had astonished
he/she/it had astonished	they had astonished

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been astonishing	we had been astonishing
you had been astonishing	you had been astonishing
he/she/it had been astonishing	they had been astonishing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will astonish	we shall/will astonish
you will astonish	you will astonish
he/she/it will astonish	they will astonish

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be astonishing	we shall/will be astonishing
you will be astonishing	you will be astonishing
he/she/it will be astonishing	they will be astonishing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have astonished	we shall/will have astonished
you will have astonished	you will have astonished
he/she/it will have astonished	they will have astonished

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been astonishing	we shall/will have been astonishing
you will have been astonishing	you will have been astonishing
he/she/it will have been astonishing	they will have been astonishing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would astonish	we should/would astonish
you would astonish	you would astonish
he/she/it would astonish	they would astonish

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be astonishing	we should/would be astonishing
you would be astonishing	you would be astonishing
he/she/it would be astonishing	they would be astonishing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have astonished	we should/would have astonished
you would have astonished	you would have astonished
he/she/it would have astonished	they would have astonished

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been astonishing	we should/would have been astonishing
you would have been astonishing	you would have been astonishing
he/she/it would have been astonishing	they would have been astonishing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am astonished	we are astonished
you are astonished	you are astonished
he/she/it is astonished	they are astonished

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being astonished	we are being astonished
you are being astonished	you are being astonished
he/she/it is being astonished	they are being astonished

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been astonished	we have been astonished
you have been astonished	you have been astonished
he/she/it has been astonished	they have been astonished

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was astonished	we were astonished
you were astonished	you were astonished
he/she/it was astonished	they were astonished

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being astonished	we were being astonished
you were being astonished	you were being astonished
he/she/it was being astonished	they were being astonished

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been astonished	we had been astonished
you had been astonished	you had been astonished
he/she/it had been astonished	they had been astonished

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be astonished	we shall/will be astonished
you will be astonished	you will be astonished
he/she/it will be astonished	they will be astonished

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been astonished	we shall/will have been astonished
you will have been astonished	you will have been astonished
he/she/it will have been astonished	they will have been astonished

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astonishing

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astonish

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