| 词汇 | immensity |
| 释义 | immensity noun[ U ] formaluk /ɪˈmen.sə.ti/ us /ɪˈmen.sə.t̬i/ the extremely large size of something: 巨大；广大 The immensity of the task is daunting.工作量之大令人生畏。 Synonyms enormity(SIZE) vastness Enormous astronomical astronomically behemoth bigly by far and awayidiom immeasurable immeasurably immense inordinate inordinately precipitous stratospheric stratospherically super-colossal supersized terrific thumping walloping yawning yawningly Examples of immensityimmensity A performer in the wings is therefore confronted with both the looming immensity of possibility and the crushing necessity for immediate and particular action. It is an emotional issue, both for researchers and survivors, and no single book can do justice to its immensity. But the vastness of scale, the immensity and rapidity, and the universal consequences for all citizens (of germ warfare or nuclear destruction) are new. Some of the responses to the questionnaires sent out by the commission revealed the immensity of the task ahead. However, the immensity of this task should not allow the issue of statehood to be struck from the agenda. Indeed, the science of comparative anatomy as a whole was a misguided attempt to "coordinate and classify" the immensity of nature. Swallowed up in one phase or other of its immensity, towards which they seemed impelled by a desperate fascination, they never returned. For this reason, he writes, the imaginative power of 'intimate immensity' draws us into ourselves more intensely. The immensity of this suffering can be disturbing, even to convinced theists. The listener is encouraged to follow up the names in the list, but the initial effect is to show the immensity of potential strangeness that is 'out there'. His words evoked the incongruity of global immensity compacted into a long narrow gallery, juxtaposing creatures that walk, swim, and fly inside a geometric slice of human space. Moreover, a considerable effort is needed to translate into another representation scheme the immensity of facts and descriptions stated in the overflow of textual information characteristic to modern life. I was rather staggered to find not merely an immensity of operation but a great complexity and diversity in what was carried on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sought briefly to show the immensity of what is comprehended within the innocent-looking, woolly motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand the immensity of the task to be achieved, given the size of the territory to be covered. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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