Fanny: Yes, so we were dumbstruck when we heard the news that Tessa had won first prize. But we're so pleased for her. 芬妮:是啊,所以我们听到黛萨夺得冠军,不禁愕然。当然,我们很为她高兴。
A few months ago, I was dumbstruck when a deity in the UK games business suggested that the future of computer gaming was community, not content. 几个月前我因为英国游戏产业中的上帝建议电脑游戏的未来是社群而非内容,而感到震惊。
Lynette: Well my aunt will be dumbstruck. You'd think a lawyer would be the last person to risk evading taxes, because he knows what the penalties are. 莱内特:姑母一定非常惊讶。一般人都会认为,律师决不会冒险逃税,因为他们知道逃税的刑罚。
dumbstruck
[ adj ] as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise <adj.all> a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accidentthe flabbergasted aldermen were speechless was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
For once, the loquacious Ungerman was dumbstruck. One cannot help thinking that a 23-year-old who can handle a chicken magnate so stylishly is going to come out of the Levitt mess in good shape.
A city that typically revels in the mere hint of scandal is dumbstruck, almost glum.