enormous
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英[ɪ'nɔːməs]
|美[ɪ'nɔrməs]
日语:巨大な
法语:énorme
德语:enorm
韩语:막대한
俄语:enorme
牛津词典
adj.
- 巨大的;庞大的;极大的
extremely large
- an enormous house/dog
巨大的房子;大狗 - an enormous amount of time
大量的时间 - enormous interest
浓厚的兴趣 - The problems facing the President are enormous.
总统面临的问题是巨大的。
中文词源
enormous 巨大的
e-, 向外。-norm, 正常,见normal. 即超出正常的,巨大的。
双语例句
- An enormous grin spread across his face
他咧着大嘴笑了。
- In his dreams, the mountains assumed enormous importance.
在他的梦中,山有着至关重要的作用。
- The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.
两家公司在金融市场有非常大的影响力。
- The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.
公司凭借早期产品的巨大成功而在市场上遥遥领先。
- The domino effect if one train is cancelled is enormous.
如果一班火车被取消,其连锁反应将是巨大的。
- The main bedroom is enormous
主卧室非常大。
- There is, of course, an enormous amount to see.
当然有很多可看的。
- It was an enormous disappointment.
真是让人万分失望。
- All the candidates have been getting an enormous amount of exposure on television and in the press.
所有候选人都在电视和报刊上频频亮相。
- He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man
他有超凡的个人魅力,是个伟人。
- The skills and logistics of getting such a big show on the road pose enormous practical problems
搞如此大型的巡演,无论是技术上还是物流上都面临着巨大的实际问题。
- The poor are taking advantage of this edict to marry off their daughters without enormous expenditure while they can
穷人们利用这个法令,尽量不花费巨额开销就把女儿嫁出去。
- It is an enormous challenge but we hope to meet it within a year or 18 months
这是一个巨大的挑战,但是我们希望在1年或18个月之内能够战胜它。
- I have had an enormous number of letters from single parents
我已经收到了大量单亲家长的来信。
- It's like one enormous street carnival here.
这就像是一场盛大的街头狂欢节。
- If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous
如果这些材料能够普遍用于光学产业,那么这一突破带来的收益将非常巨大。
- The case has generated enormous publicity in Brazil.
这个案件已经在巴西引起了极大的关注。
- We're willing to state for the record that it has enormous value.
我们愿意郑重声明那是有极大价值的。
- The repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous.
核子内部的斥力是巨大的。
- Residents heard an enormous bang as a safety valve on the boiler failed.
由于锅炉的安全阀失效,居民们听到了砰的一声巨响。
- The tower was surmounted by an enormous statue, utterly out of scale with the building.
那座塔的顶部矗立着一尊巨型雕像,与整个建筑完全不成比例。
- He had enormous charm and a great sense of humour.
他极富魅力而且非常有幽默感。
- We have an enormous spread of industries, mainly in the Home Counties and East Anglia.
我们拥有种类繁多的工业,主要位于伦敦周围各郡和东英吉利地区。
- The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
中等教育的大幅扩张正对该系统造成巨大压力。
- It was an enormous task that affected every stratum of society
这是一项影响到社会各阶层的重大工作。
- The country has made enormous strides politically but not economically.
该国在政治上取得了巨大的发展,但经济却跟不上去。
- She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics
她用薄薄的黑色织物裹住了自己硕大的身躯。
- They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy
他们遭逢了巨大的个人不幸。
- There is enormous, acknowledged and untapped potential in the Indian stock markets.
印度的股票市场蕴含着巨大的、公认的、尚未挖掘出来的潜力。
- Worldwide, an enormous amount of research effort goes into military technology.
在世界范围内,大量的研究精力都投入到军事技术上。
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin enormisunusual, huge (see enormity) + -ous