【摘要】：2013六级考试进入了最后的冲刺阶段，语法的知识点是难点和重点，以下是精品学习网特为考生们整理了以a-开头的形容词用法aghast,希望能给广大考生们在复习中作出一点贡献。预祝考生们通过考试!
一、aghast 的用法
基本义：惊奇的;惊恐的 (filled with horror or amazement)
作表语
1. aghast at sth。例如：
Scarlett was aghast at such words coming from Melly of all people. 思嘉想不到媚兰竟说出这样的话来，觉得太可怕了。
2. aghast to do sth。例如：
As I lay in that dark hour, I was aghast to realise that something was within me. 当我在黑夜里躺着的时候，吃惊地体会到我心里有某种东西。
作宾语补足语
The door of the room was thrown open, and Julia appearing at it, with a face aghast, exclaimed," My father is come!" 门霍地开了，朱丽叶站在门口，大惊失色地叫道：“我父亲回来了!”
作状语
And you married a Christian minister to a heathen?" Abner asked, aghast. “你把一个基督牧师同野蛮人结成了夫妇?”艾布纳骇然问道。
(有时)作前置定语
She passes an aghast English-speaking European tourist, ...她从一个惊恐的、讲英语的欧洲游客身边经过……
二、aghast 的搭配
1. a little [a bit, equally, properly，quite, slightly, truly，totally]aghast。例如：
I was quite aghast when I read some of the questions. 当读到一些问题时， 我相当惊恐。
注：杨发河著《英语形容词句型活用指南》(江西高校出版社1992年12月第1版)p14：aghast前不用very，如不说very aghast，而说much[very much] aghast。
然而，在BNC(http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk)和BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/ 上共有152例包含aghast 的例句，竟无1例much[very much] aghast;
在BYU: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY(http://corpus.byu/oed/)上共有49例包含aghast 的例句，竟无1例much[very much] aghast;
在TIME CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1923-2006) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) (http://corpus.byu.edu/time) 上共有273例包含aghast 的例句，竟无1例much[very much] aghast;
在BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2008) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/上共有489例包含aghast 的例句，竟无1例much[very much] aghast。
由此看来，尽管语法专家根据语法理论认为much或very much可以修饰aghast，但实际上，无论英国英语还是美国英语都不用much或very much修饰aghast，而是通常用all 来修饰aghast。
2. be [feel, look, seem, sound, stand]aghast。例如：
“Ten days? ” She was aghast. “十天?”她很惊奇。
I still feel slightly aghast at the idea of her leaving him there.一想到她把他留在那里，我仍然感到有点吃惊。
She looked almost aghast under the new idea she was receiving. 她听到这件从未想到过的事情后，几乎吓呆了。
Co-workers had seemed aghast, and wanted to comfort them. 同事们似乎很吃惊，想安慰他们。
“A space station?”“George sounded aghast. “太空站?”乔治听上去很吃惊。
The neighbours all stood aghast, and dared not move. 邻居们都目瞪口呆, 再不敢动。