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词汇 example_english_gigantic-scale
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on a gigantic scale

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meanings of on, giganticand scale


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on
preposition
uk /ɒn/ us /ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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gigantic
adjective
uk /ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.tɪk/ us /ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.t̬ɪk/
extremely ...
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scale
noun
uk /skeɪl/ us /skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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Examples of on a gigantic scale


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There had been mob violence on a giganticscale in which one community wreaked its vengeance on another.
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At the best, this has been a story of unexampled negligence and incompetence; at worst, a tale of fraud and corruption on a giganticscale.
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This work is still going forward on a giganticscale.
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There will be a repetition of what has happened in the past, except that it will be on a giganticscale.
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I cannot see why you should start on such a giganticscale as is indicated by these figures.
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These are results which, it may be said, are not spectacular, and will not give you money on a giganticscale.
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But whenever we come across logistical and structural problems it seems we try to solve them by interfering with nature on a giganticscale.
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The problem indeed calls for an effort on a giganticscale.
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They are some of the more highly-respectable men in our community—or they appear to be so—and they operate on a giganticscale.
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The exercise, which was on a giganticscale, was a tremendous success.
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But it is prudent to consider the giganticscale and sweep of the committee's subject.
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That was to be done on a giganticscale.
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To carry it out would require international collaboration on a giganticscale to overcome the physical, financial and political problems.
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Those commercial whist drives are not organised on a giganticscale.
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This has become big business on a giganticscale and it is taking place throughout every industry.
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We have to make provision on a giganticscale to safeguard the security of our people.
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We could have disaster, on a giganticscale, on our hands.
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I am not advocating anything reckless or on a giganticscale.
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It is a success story on a giganticscale.
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That would mean seven or 11 new nuclear countries which would be proliferation on a giganticscale.
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