dumbfound

[USA]/dʌmˈfaʊnd/
[UK]/dʌmˈfaʊnd/

Oversættelse

v. at forbløffe eller amaze nogen i så vid udstrækning, at de ikke er i stand til at tale eller reagere.
Word Forms
Third Person Singulardumbfounds
Past Tensedumbfounded
Present Participledumbfounding
Past Participledumbfounded

Eksempelsætninger

She was dumbfounded by the terrible news.

Hun var forbløffet over de frygtelige nyheder.

she was dumbfounded at the sight that met her eyes.

Hun var forbløffet over synet, der mødte hendes øjne.

Don't tell me without a doubt this dumbfound luck has all run out.

Fortæl mig ikke uden tvivl, at denne forbløffende held har løbet ud.

His denial that he had witnessed the accident dumbfounded me.

Hans afvisning af, at han havde været vidne til ulykken, forbløffede mig.

I've seen more than a few hives throwing off a swarm, and never has one failed to transfix me utterly, or to dumbfound everyone else within sight of it.

Jeg har set mere end et par bistader, der slipper en sværm løs, og ingen har nogensinde fejlet med at fastholde mig fuldstændigt eller at forbløffe alle andre inden for synsvidde.

Her sudden resignation dumbfounded her colleagues.

Hendes pludselige opsigelse forbløffede hendes kolleger.

The magician's disappearing act left the audience dumbfounded.

Magikerens forsvindingsnummer efterlod publikum forbløffet.

The complexity of the situation dumbfounded even the experts.

Situationens kompleksitet forbløffede selv eksperterne.

The unexpected plot twist in the movie dumbfounded the viewers.

Det uventede plot twist i filmen forbløffede seerne.

His sudden outburst of anger dumbfounded everyone in the room.

Hans pludselige udbrud af vrede forbløffede alle i rummet.

The news of her promotion dumbfounded her coworkers.

Nyheden om hendes forfremmelse forbløffede hendes kolleger.

The scale of the natural disaster dumbfounded the entire nation.

Omfanget af naturkatastrofen forbløffede hele nationen.

The teacher's unexpected announcement dumbfounded the students.

Lærerens uventede meddelelse forbløffede eleverne.

The sudden change in weather dumbfounded the meteorologists.

Den pludselige ændring i vejret forbløffede meteorologerne.

The discovery of a new species in the jungle dumbfounded the researchers.

Opdagelsen af en ny art i junglen forbløffede forskerne.

Virkelige Eksempler

His sudden appearance, alive, at a press conference dumbfounded his grieving friends and colleagues.

Hans pludselige fremtræden, i live, ved et pressemøde, forstummede hans sørgende venner og kolleger.

Kilde: The Economist (Summary)

He turned to talk to someone about an old college friend, cutting me off completely, and I stood there dumbfounded.

Han vendte sig for at tale med nogen om en gammel collegakollega, afbrød mig fuldstændigt, og jeg stod der forbløffet.

Kilde: Flowers for Algernon

I guess maybe because I was dumbfounded by the way it was going.

Jeg formoder måske, fordi jeg var forbløffet over, hvordan det gik.

Kilde: Serial

Julien wanted to laugh, and stood there dumbfounded.

Julien ville gerne le, og stod der forbløffet.

Kilde: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Julien was dumbfounded with admiration for so fine a ceremony.

Julien var forbløffet af beundring for en så fin ceremoni.

Kilde: The Red and the Black (Part One)

It dumbfounds me how the word " refugee" is considered something to be dirty, something to be ashamed of.

Det forbløffer mig, at ordet "flygtning" betragtes som noget beskidt, noget at skamme sig over.

Kilde: TED Talks (Video Edition) June 2017 Collection

He soon created a general sensation, as some uttered a cry of indignation, and others were dumbfounded with astonishment.

Han skabte snart en almindelig sensation, da nogle udtrykte et udbrud af vrede, og andre var forbløffede af forbløffelse.

Kilde: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Kuldeep Singh Brar who's now retired, said he was dumbfounded by allegations that British Special Forces had advised on the operation to remove Sikh separatists from the Temple.

Kuldeep Singh Brar, der nu er gået på pension, sagde, at han var forbløffet over påstande om, at britiske Special Forces havde rådgivet om operationen til at fjerne Sikhs separatister fra Templet.

Kilde: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

In January, it dumbfounded netizens by introducing a new product completely unrelated to its expertise, luosifen, a rice noodle product that is arguably one of the most talked-about Chinese street foods and which has many young fans.

I januar forbløffede det internetbrugere ved at introducere et nyt produkt, der slet ikke var relateret til dets ekspertise, luosifen, et risnuddelprodukt, der med rette kan betegnes som en af de mest omtalte kinesiske gademadretter og som har mange unge fans.

Kilde: Selected English short passages

The collective “we” are dumbfounded that people still drive drunk, so I’ll sum it up like this. If you drive drunk, you — simply put — are a shortsighted, utterly useless, oxygen-wasting human form of pollution, a Darwin award-deserving, selfish coward.

Vi som kollektiv er forbløffede over, at folk stadig kører fulde, så jeg vil opsummere det sådan her. Hvis du kører fuld, er du – ganske enkelt – en nærsynet, fuldstændig ubrugelig, ilt-spildende menneskelig form for forurening, en Darwin-pris-værdig, kujonagtig kujon.

Kilde: Anecdotes of celebrities

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