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ADJ-GRADED
（改变）巨大的，重大的；（任务）庞大的，艰巨的 You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve.
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...the mammoth task of relocating the library...
图书馆搬迁的艰巨任务
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You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there...
资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
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This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
这项艰巨的任务在18个月内完成了。
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N-COUNT
猛犸，毛象（一种史前动物） A mammoth was an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists.
- Noun
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1. any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
- Adjective
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1. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth;
- "a gigantic redwood"
- "gigantic disappointment"
- "a mammoth ship"
- "a mammoth multinational corporation"
- synonym： gigantic
生物学
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- 1.猛犸［象］
- 1. The problem is beginning to assume mammoth proportions.
- 这个问题开始显得十分重大。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. They made a gigantic [huge; mammoth] demonstration against the government.
- 他们举行了一次声势浩大的反政府示威。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
