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enormous

enormous

[英] [iˈnɔ:məs] [美] [ɪˈnɔrməs] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 巨大的;极大的;很多的 Something that is enormous is extremely large in size or amount. 
  • 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。

2. ADJ (范围、程度)极大的 You can use enormous to emphasize the great degree or extent of something. 
  • It was an enormous disappointment.

    真是让人万分失望。

  • ...his enormous capacity for brutality.

    他的穷凶极恶

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  • This book was enormously influential...

    这本书极有影响力。

  • The new database will help horse breeders enormously.

    新数据库将对马匹饲养者有极大的帮助。

Adjective

1. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree;

  • "an enormous boulder"
  • "enormous expenses"
  • "tremendous sweeping plains"
  • "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman
  • "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"
1. An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.
每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。

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2. By some freak of fate, she won an enormous sum of money.
她不知交了什么好运,赢了一大笔钱。

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3. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible.
桥尽管很大,但它结构简单,而外形雅观,实现了设计师要创造出“一个在重物作用下尽可能不变形的庞然大物”的理想。

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4. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as £100 for a single appearence.
他挣得的钱是极多的,一次出场就付给他一百英镑之多。

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5. He is a man of enormous size and terrifying aspect.
他是一个面目狰狞的彪形大汉。

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6. It was an enormous ship; there were no fewer than a thousand cars on it.
这是一艘硕大无比的船,上面至少载有上千辆汽车。

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7. The Beatles always pulled in enormous crowds.
披头士乐队总能吸引大批的人群。

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8. The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.
原子反应堆发出大量的热能。

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9. The building scheme comes as an enormous boon for the building industry.
该建筑方案为建筑业带来巨大的好处。

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10. The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.
由于困难很大,他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。

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11. The enormous fish snapped the line.
一条大鱼咬住了线。

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12. The expenses came to an enormous sum.
开支总数巨大。

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13. The half hour lecture caused an enormous furor.
那半小时的演讲引起了极大的轰动。

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14. The tiny kitten approached the enormous bear and let out a purr and a mew.
那猫却走近体大腰圆的灰熊,冲它“喵呜“,“喵呜“地叫着。

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15. These camels travelled enormous distance over the desert regions.
这些骆驼在沙漠里长途跋涉。

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16. They wield enormous political power.
他们行使巨大的政治权力。

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17. This is an enormous field of which l can here touch only the fringe.
这是一个很广阔的领域,我在这里只能谈个大概。

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18. This new invention has an enormous sales potential.
这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力。

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19. This scientist accessed enormous different files to find the correct information.
这位科学家在计算机上调阅了大量的不同文件以找寻所要的信息。

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20. We have enormous reserves of oil still waiting to be tapped.
我们有巨大的石油矿藏在等待开发。

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