英语中表示“奇迹”的名词常用的有: wonder、miracle、marvel。你知道它们的用法区别吗？

wonder “奇迹”、”奇观”; 通常指使人惊奇的事迹、成就、奇景等 (an object that

causes a feeling of great surprise and admiration)，尤指人创造的奇迹。

The Great Wall is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

长城是世界七大奇迹之一。

We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek civilization.

我们花了一周时间游览古希腊文明的奇观。

Until man invested ways of staying underwater for more than a few minutes, the

wonders of the world below the sea were almost unknown.

直到人类能在水中呆较长的时间, 海底世界奇景才为人们所知。

It's a wonder that the child came through without a scratch.

这孩子竟能安然无恙地脱险，真是奇迹。

It is a world wonder to build a railway in the most frigid area of frozen soil with thehighest elevation and most fragile ecological environment

在世界上海拔最高，最高寒缺氧，生态最为脆弱的多年冻土带上建铁路，这是世界奇迹。

miracle 侧重指人力所办不到的，不可思议的奇异之事。

The doctor said that his recovery was a miracle.

医生说他的康复是个奇迹。

Transplant surgeons work miracles. They take organs from one body and integrate them into another.

器官移植医生创造奇迹，他们能从一个人的器官移植到另一个人的身体里。

The car ran over the man, but by a miracle, he was not hurt.

汽车从那个人身上压过去, 但他却没有受伤, 真是奇迹。

I can't promise a miracle cure, but I think we can improve things.

我无法承诺会有奇迹般的解决办法，但我认为我们会让情况好起来。

Barring miracles, the company will go out of business very soon.

除非出现奇迹，否则这家公司很快就会倒闭。

marvel 侧重指令人感到惊奇、赞叹之事。

Our industrial mobilization has become an absolute marvel.

我们的工业总动员已经成为一个令人惊讶的奇迹。

The computer, the marvel of the machine age, has been in use since 1946.

计算机是机器时代的奇迹, 自1946年以来一直使用至今。

It is really a marvel that he remained alive after dropping from the roof of a ten-storied building.

他从这一幢十层楼房子的屋顶上跌下仍然活着，这确实是一个奇迹。

It's a marvel to me how they've managed to build the tunnel so quickly.

在我看来真不可思议，他们能这么快就把隧道建好。

Scholars from many countries made long journeys to visit him and see the marvel with their own eyes.

许多国家的学者纷纷远道而来拜访他，要亲眼一睹这个奇迹。