n.驚愕；恐怖；驚惶失措

Marie looked at her daughter with consternation. 瑪麗驚愕地看著女兒。

I saw with consternation that she was in tears. 我驚恐地看到她淚流滿面。

The company looked at each other in consternation. 人們神色驚奇面面相覷。

To his consternation, he realized that he had left his chequebook at home. 他意識(shí)到他把支票簿留在家里就驚惶了。