enormous

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释义

adj. 庞大的，巨大的；凶暴的，极恶的

近义词

large vast great immense huge giant colossal

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。

英文词源

enormous: enormous: [16] Etymologically, enormous is a parallel formation to abnormal and extraordinary. It comes from Latin ēnormis, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and norma ‘pattern, rule’ – hence literally ‘out of the usual pattern’. It originally had a range of meanings in English, including ‘abnormal, unusual’ (‘entered the choir in a military habit, and other enormous disguises’, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry 1774) and ‘outrageous’.

By the beginning of the 19th century these had mostly died out, leaving the field clear for modern English ‘huge’, although the notion of ‘outrageousness’ remains in the noun derivative enormity [15].
=> abnormal, normal
enormous (adj.): 1530s, "abnormal" (usually in a bad sense), from Latin enormis "out of rule, irregular, shapeless; extraordinary, very large," from assimilated form of ex- "out of" (see ex-) + norma "rule, norm" (see norm), with English -ous substituted for Latin -is. Meaning "extraordinary in size" is attested from 1540s; original sense of "outrageous" is more clearly preserved in enormity. Earlier was enormyous (mid-15c.) "exceedingly great, monstrous." Related: Enormously; enormousness.

双语例句

1. She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.: 她是一个害羞、娇美的女孩，长着一双大大的蓝眼睛。

2. Enormous acreages of soya beans are grown in the United States.: 美国种植着大片的大豆。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. The boss retains enormous influence by reason of his position.: 老板由于自身的地位而一直有极大的影响力。

英英释意

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"

实用场景例句

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。

...his enormous capacity for brutality.: 他的穷凶极恶

It was an enormous disappointment.: 真是让人万分失望。

There is, of course, an enormous amount to see.: 当然有很多可看的。

The main bedroom is enormous...: 主卧室非常大。

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

a man of enormous girth: 腰围很粗的男人

She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.: 她是一个害羞、娇美的女孩，长着一双大大的蓝眼睛。

Cereals form the staple diet of an enormous number of people around the world.: 谷类是世界范围内很大一部分人的主要食物。

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。

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。

The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.: 航空公司投入了大笔资金购买噪音较小的新型飞机。

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。

She gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance.: 做自由职业者让她体会到无穷的快乐。

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 repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous.: 核子内部的斥力是巨大的。

考试真题

It's their enormous capacity for joy.

An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses.

Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence.

single-sex education can have enormous benefits for female students.

There's no question that self-driving vehicles could be an enormous benefit.

Even Africa and the Middle East, home to economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports, have enormous potential to develop renewables.

According to geologists' estimates, Antarctica has enormous reserves of oil and natural gas.

Devils Tower, the first national monument in America, could almost be mistaken for the stump of an enormous tree.

Enormous opportunities also lie with e-waste.

Even Africa and the middle East, home to economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports, have enormous potential to develop renewables.

Stress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost may be enormous.

The big benefit will not only be in the housing of this enormous and rapidly growing amount of data, but will also be in the ability to run real time data analytics to extract actionable and ongoing knowledge.

A year later, I reached my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I've been given a second life to devote to something that is meaningful and enormous.

However, just before the annual giant vegetable competitions, an enormous rabbit begins terrorising the town.

Internet companies' control of data gives them enormous power.

The loss of glaciers there due to global warming represents an enormous threat to agriculture.

Their rules, moan the banks, have forced them to report enormous losses, and it’s just not fair.

There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior.

Yet this enormous resource is not contributing enough to today's global challenges, including climate change, security, sustainable development and health.

But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.

Their rules, moan the banks, have forced them to report enormous losses, and it's just not fair.

There's no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior.

These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture, but none more so that mies.

同义词辨析

huge, enormous, immense, giant, gigantic, colossal, vast, massive, tremendous

这些形容词均有"巨大的，庞大的"之意。

huge：含义广，强调体积或容积的庞大。也可用于引申意义。

enormous：指体积、数量或程度远远超过一般标准。

immense：正式用词，侧重空间的广阔，也指面积或分量的巨大。

giant：非正式用词，多为褒义。指如巨人般的庞大体积。

gigantic：指面积或体积的巨大，但多用于引申意义。

colossal：侧重尺寸、规模和体积的无比巨大。

vast：多指空间、面积、范围的巨大，不涉及重量。

massive：指大的体积、数量和重量，侧重庞大而笨重。

tremendous：指某物很大，大得惊人；也可用作引申意义。