startling

英 [ˈstɑːtlɪŋ]

美 [ˈstɑːrtlɪŋ]

adj.  惊人的; 让人震惊的; 极鲜亮的
v.  使惊吓; 使吓一跳; 使大吃一惊
startle的现在分词

现在分词：startling　

TOEFL

Collins.2 / BNC.8509 / COCA.7406

牛津词典

adj.

• 惊人的；让人震惊的
  extremely unusual and surprising
  1. a startling discovery
     惊人的发现
• 极鲜亮的
  extremely bright
  1. startling blue eyes
     蓝盈盈的眼睛

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人吃惊的;惊人的;不寻常的
  Something that isstartlingis so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surprise.
  1. Sometimes the results may be rather startling.
     有时结果可能会令人吃惊。
  2. ...startling new evidence...
     惊人的新证据
  3. His hair was dyed a startling black.
     他把头发染成了令人吃惊的黑色。

英英释义

adj

• so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
  1. Sydney's startling new Opera House
  2. startling news
  3. startling earthquake shocks

双语例句

• Not if you believe a startling presentation I saw this week from a large, global financial group.
  如果你相信我本周从一家大型全球金融集团那里看到的一份令人吃惊的陈述，答案是否定的。
• But Emerson always keeps us up-not less by his memorable tersenessthan by his startling habit of illustration.
  但艾默生始终保持他的令人难忘的简洁和他的做例证的惊人的习惯。
• A startling use of line and color is this artist's special trademark.
  令人惊异的线条和色彩的应用是这个艺术家明显的特征。
• Its serried ranks of economists, analysts and financial wizards were offering startling insights.
  其旗下众多经济学家、分析师和金融奇才提出了一些令人吃惊的洞见。
• Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.
  【译文】他们的工作得出了一个惊人的观点：我们通常称之为天才的特性被高估了。
• This would represent a startling slowdown from the trend of the past two decades.
  这将意味着，与过去20年的增速相比，中国经济增长出现了惊人的放缓。
• The results of past studies on this subject have been alternately predictable and startling.
  关于这一问题，以前也进行过一些研究，其结果有的在意料之中，也有的令人震惊。
• I am keen on this paper because they always have startling inside stories to reveal.
  我非常喜欢这家报纸，因为上面总是有惊人的内幕新闻披露。
• Brazil has been losing external competitiveness to a startling and disturbing degree.
  巴西外部竞争力的丧失已达到一种令人震惊和不安的程度。
• That headline figure conceals some startling regional discrepancies.
  这一总体数字掩盖了一些令人瞠目的地区性差异。