对于漫威迷们来说， marvel 这个单词是再熟悉不过了的，从漫威漫画（Marvel Comics）、漫威影业（Marvel Studios）、漫威电影宇宙（Marvel Cinematic Universe）到惊奇队长（Captain Marvel）等等，随处可见。该词与 miracle （奇迹）同源，都是源自拉丁语mirus（精彩的、绝妙的），14世纪经古法语merveille（奇迹、奇观、惊奇）进入英语后即用来表示“奇迹”或“令人惊奇的人或事”，侧重指因非凡、奇异或异乎寻常而使人大为惊奇、赞叹或感到钦佩，

比如：

It's a marvel to me how they've managed to oust the interim government from power so quickly.在我看来真不可思议，他们能这么快推翻过渡政府。

The doctors have done marvels for the moribund patient.其复数 marvels 还可以用来表示“不平凡的成果、令人惊奇的成就”，比如：医生们为这个濒临死亡的病人创造了奇迹。

用作动词时， marvel 相应表示“大为赞叹、惊讶不已、感到惊奇”，常用搭配marvel at sth指人对某物充满了惊奇、惊叹或钦佩，

比如：

I marvelled at their feat of cramming six gardeners, plus tour leader and an enormous supply of luggage, into a remarkably small van.他们把六个园丁，加上领队和大量行李塞进一辆非常小的货车里，我对这一壮举惊讶不已。

Standing on the Tian'anmen Rostrum, one could only marvel at the extraordinary journey traveled by this major Party, a journey of Chinese Communists leading the Chinese people, in their hundreds of millions, in an unyielding struggle against all obstacles and challenges, and scoring spectacular, epoch -making achievements over the past century.权威用例站在天安门城楼上感慨系之，历史征程风云激荡，中国共产党人带领亿万人民经千难而百折不挠、历万险而矢志不渝，成就了百年大党的恢宏气象。

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miracle: an amazing product or achievement, or an outstanding example of something sensation: a person, object, or event that arouses widespread interest and excitement prodigy: an amazing o同近义词