1.wonderful表示“精彩的,极妙的,使人惊奇的”,常用作定语。
2.wonderful还常用作表语,意思是“非常好,太好了”。
3.wonderful多用于肯定句,一般不用于否定句和疑问句。

用作定语
▲～+n.
Shakespeare wrote many wonderful comic and tragic plays.莎士比亚写了很多精彩的喜剧和悲剧剧本。
Everyone was carried away by her wonderful performances. 大家都被她的精彩表演所征服。
That's a wonderful idea.那可真是个好主意。
They had a wonderful time yesterday.他们昨天玩得快活极了。
Tom shouted:“Walk up, ladies and gentlemen, and see our wonderful collection of freaks.”汤姆大声叫道：“女士们,先生们,请进来看看吧,看看我们搜罗的各式各样的怪物。”
Niagara Falls is a wonderful sight.尼亚加拉瀑布是美妙的景观。
We've been having wonderful weather rcently.近来天气非常好。
What a wonderful performance it is!多么精彩的演出啊!
用作表语
▲S+be+～
The weather has been wonderful !近来天气好极了!
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
The child's skill is wonderful for his age.这个小孩小小年纪,技巧令人称奇。
▲It is/was+～+to-v
It's wonderful to see you again!再次见到你真是太好了!
It was wonderful to see the shores of England again after so long at sea.长时间在海上之后,重新又看到了英伦海岸,真是太好了。
▲It is/was+～+that/wh-clause
It was wonderful that they managed to escape. 令人惊奇的是他们居然设法逃跑了。
Isn't it wonderful how they built the airport so quickly?他们这么快就建造了机场,真了不起,不是吗?

wonderful, beautiful, fine, nice, pretty
参见nice条。
wonderful, glorious, grand, magnificent, splendid
参见splendid条。
wonderful, marvellous
这两个词的共同意思是“了不起的”。其区别是:
1.marvellous多用于修饰事或物,强调事物的独特与奇异; 而wonderful除可修饰事或物以外,还可以修饰人。例如:
I warmly congratulated him on the marvellous discovery.我热烈祝贺他取得了惊人的发现。
2.marvellous语气比wonderful强; 而wonderful的使用范围比marvellous广。例如:
He did a marvellous trick.他变了个惊人的魔术。
We had a wonderful time.我们度过了一段十分快乐美好的时光。

1.这是一个令人惊奇的故事。
［误］  I am wonderful about the story.
［正］  This is a wonderful story.
［析］  在这里wonderful的意思是“使人惊奇的”,而不是“感觉惊奇的”的意思。
2.她像着魔似的常有一些怪念头困扰着她。
［误］  She is often possessed by wonderful ideas.
［正］  She is often possessed by fantastic ideas.
［析］  wonderful的意思是“奇妙的”,是褒义词,不可用作贬义。

［同义词］   excellent, fantastic, magnificent, marvelous, amazing, astonishing, strange, miraculous
［反义词］   ordinary, rotten