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1

（＝意外に驚く、驚愕する、喫驚する）to be surprised （at anything）; to be astonished （at anything）; to be astounded （at anything）; to be amazed （at anything）; to be startled （at anything）; to be struck （with anything）

用例

• 彼の成功には驚く
  I am surprised at his success―（他動詞構文にすれば）―His success surprises me.

• 彼の助かったのには実に驚く
  I am astonished at his escape―（他動詞構文にすれば）―His escape astonishes me.
• 彼の生きていたのを見て全く驚いた
  I was amazed to see him alive.
• 驚いたことには彼は生きておった
  To my surprise,―To my astonishment,―To my amazement,―he was alive.
• 君がこのことを知らないとは驚く
  I am surprised that you should not know it―（他動詞構文にすれば）―Your ignorance surprises me.
• 進歩の早いのには驚く
  I am surprised at the rapidity of his progress
  It is surprising how rapidly he progresses
  It is astonishing what progress he makes.
• その女の美しいのに驚いた
  I was struck with her beauty.
• ぶったおれんばかりに驚いた
  I was struck all of a heap.
• 居合わした人々の驚くまいことか死んだと思った人が起き上がった
  To the amazement of the people present, the man whom they had supposed to be dead raised himself in his bed.
• あれで英語が得意だというから驚くじゃないか
  Is it not surprising that he should pride himself on his English?
• 僕の驚くのは彼の大胆不敵さ加減だ
  What surprises me is his audacity.
• 驚いてものが言えない
  I am struck dumb with astonishment―I am dumfounded―（他動詞構文にすれば）―Astonishment deprives me of my power of speech.
• 彼の成功は驚くことはない
  His success is nothing to be surprised at.
• これは驚いた
  This is a surprise.
• これは実に驚いた
  This is, indeed, a surprise.
• まぁ驚いた
  Well, I never!
• あれは何事があっても驚かない人だ
  Nothing can startle him.
• 驚くなかれ税金二百万円
  We pay 2,000,000 yen in taxes
  What do you think of that?

2

（＝不思議に驚く、驚嘆する）to wonder （at anything）; to marvel （at anything）

用例

• 彼が成功したというから驚く
  I wonder at his success
  I wonder that he should have succeeded.

• 僕は彼の成功したのはあえて驚かぬ
  I do not wonder at his success.
• 彼の成功したのに驚くに足らぬ
  It is no wonder that he should have succeeded
  His success is not to be wondered at.
• 日本人の勇敢には驚かぬ者は無かった
  All the world marvelled at Japanese valour.
• 彼の学問には実に驚く
  I wonder at his learning.
• 彼の進歩は実に驚いたものだ
  He makes wonderful progress.
• 彼の勉強は実に驚いたものだ
  He shows wonderful industry.
• 彼の学問は別に驚くことはない
  His scholarship is nothing to wonder at.
• あれで学士だというから驚くね
  I wonder that he should be a university man.
• 彼の大胆さ加減には驚かざるを得ぬ
  I can not but wonder at his audacity.
• 驚いて目を見張る
  to stare in wonder
• 驚いて眺める
  to stare at anything
• あの人の前でしゃれでも言おうものなら驚いて顔を眺めるぜ
  If you allow yourself to be witty in his presence, he will stare at you.
• あれで自分では美人のつもりだから驚く
  She fancies herself to be beautiful.

3

（＝怖がって驚く、驚怖する）to be frightened （at anything）; to be scared （at anything）; to be terrified （at anything）; to be horrified （at anything）; to be alarmed （at anything）; （a horse） takes fright, shies （at a motor-car）

用例

• 子どもが虎を見て驚いた
  The child was frightened at the tiger―seared at the tiger.

• 市民がペスト発生と聞いて驚いた
  The whole city was alarmed at the outbreak of pest.
• 婦人は驚いて持病を起こした
  The lady was ill of fright.
• 彼は驚いて持病を起こした
  He was frightened into fits.
• 驚いてほどんど発狂した
  He was frightened out of his wits.
• 驚いて気を失った者がある
  Some fainted from fright.
• 死ぬほど驚いた
  I was frightened to death.
• 彼は驚いて顔色を変えた
  He turned pale in alarm.
• 馬が驚いて落馬した
  The horse took fright and threw him.
• 馬が自動車を見て驚いて跳ねたのだ
  The horse shied at the sight of a motor-car.
• 驚きやすい馬だ
  He is a skittish horse.
• 驚いたことには家は火災を起こしておった
  I found to my alarm that the house was on fire.
• 驚いたことには火薬庫に火がついた
  I found to my terror that the powder-magazine had caught fire.
• 驚いたことには相手がコレラにかかった
  I found to my horror that my companion was attacked with cholera.
• 彼はどんな困難に逢っても驚かぬ
  He will boggle at no difficulty.
• いくら金がかかっても驚かぬ
  He will stop at no expense.
• いかなる難局に臨んでも驚かぬ
  He is equal to any occasion
  He will rise to the occasion.
• あれはどんなことがあっても驚かない人だ
  Nothing can discompose him.