| 词汇 | behemoth |
| 释义 | behemoth noun[ C ] formaluk /bɪˈhiː.mɒθ/ us /bɪˈhiː.mɑːθ/ something that is extremely large and often extremely powerful: 庞然大物；强大的事物 a grocery chain behemoth大型连锁食品杂货店 Enormous astronomical astronomically bigly by far and awayidiom cavernous immeasurably immense immensity inordinate inordinately precipitous stratospheric stratospherically super-colossal supersized terrific thumping walloping yawning yawningly behemoth | Business Englishbehemoth noun[ C ] formaluk /bɪˈhiːmɒθ/ us /-mɑːθ/ an extremely large and powerful company or organization: The motivation was to create a $70 billion behemoth out of two embattled phone-equipment companies, so together they could survive . a corporate/financial/industrial behemoth Examples of behemothbehemoth Rather, these two literary behemoths hold ' ' opposed concepts of a new syntax and a new vocabulary ' ' forged in the search for a common literary goal (242). The behemoth took a gulp, swallowed this vast dollop of cash, the inequalities continued and the great giant came up for more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is increasing inequality between the coastal and inland provinces; the behemoths of central planning are still in place, requiring to be dismantled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Behemoths are being created which impose their terms; in other words, we have a monopoly situation. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are therefore debating an economic, historical, cultural and commercial behemoth which today appears to be awakening from a long slumber. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Our media industry now earns more for us than the lumbering behemoths of nationalised industries ever did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These behemoths clog up our urban roads, but their fuel efficiencies are disgracefully low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This extension will only profit the monopoly behemoths, the multinational companies in the music, show and entertainment industry which will continue to grow rich from the creations of others. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They need to be examined properly and made accountable to the men and women whose earnings have contributed to the creation of those new financial behemoths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In its day, terms like leviathan and behemoth were commonly used to describe the 7-ton car, over twice the weight of its competitors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2006 the school had a huge reconstruction that turned it into the glass behemoth that is it today. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although small and more agile, the wolf-dog was unable to avoid the behemoth; becoming trapped and nearly crushed beneath its paw. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is one of very few photographers who appreciated the aesthetics of all locomotives, from steam engines to the latest diesel-powered behemoths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. War machines of this faction include artillery and chariots, while the faction's behemoths include dragon riders and mobile fighting towers drawn by oxen. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fomorians are hideously ugly, and grossly deformed behemoths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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