monumental (adj.) - Meaning: 1. Very large or important; 2. Impressive in size or scale, like a monument. Example: "The Pyramids are monumental structures."
monumental (adj.) - Meaning: 1. Very large or important; 2. Impressive in size or scale, like a monument. Example: "The Pyramids are monumental structures."
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]巨大的；极大的 You can use monumental to emphasize the size or extent of something.
[usu ADJ n]
[emphasis]
It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。
...a series of monumental disappointments.
一连串的巨大失望
monumentally
Suddenly it was monumentally successful.
突然间获得了极大的成功。
...the most monumentally hideous night of my life.
我生命里最可怕的一夜
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](书或音乐)丰碑式的，意义深远的，不朽的 If you describe a book or musical work as monumental, you are emphasizing that it is very large and impressive, and is likely to be important for a long time.
[usu ADJ n]
[emphasis]
...his monumental work on Chinese astronomy.
他关于中国天文学的不朽巨著
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[ADJ 形容词]高大的；威严的 A monumental building or sculpture is very large and impressive.
[ADJ n]
I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.
我对高大的雕塑没什么兴趣。
Oxford
monu·men·tal/ˌmɒnjuˈmentl; NAmEˌmɑːnjuˈmentl/adjective1[usually before noun ]very important and having a great influence, especially as the result of years of work 重要的；意义深远的；不朽的SYN
historic
◆Gibbon's monumental work ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’吉本的不朽著作《罗马帝国衰亡史》2[only before noun ]very large, good, bad, stupid, etc. 非常大（或好、坏、蠢等）的SYN
major
◆a book of monumental significance一本意义非凡的书◆We have a monumental task ahead of us.极其繁重的工作在等着我们。◆It seems like an act of monumental folly.这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。3[only before noun ]appearing in or serving as a monument作为纪念碑的；纪念碑上的◆a monumental inscription/tomb碑文；陵墓◆a monumental mason(= a person who makes monuments) 纪念碑石工monu·men·tal/ˌmɒnjuˈmentl; NAmEˌmɑːnjuˈmentl/
1[usually before noun] a monumental achievement, piece of work etc is very important and is usually based on many years of work: a monumental contribution to the field of medicine Charles Darwin’s monumental study, ‘The Origin of Species’2[only before noun] extremely large, bad, good, impressive etc: Banks and building societies were yesterday accused of monumental incompetence. a monumental task There was a monumental traffic jam on the freeway.3[only before noun] relating to a monument or built as a monument: a monumental arch
WDF
monumental
[ˌmɒnjuˈmentl]
TEM8GRETOEFLIELTS
j8428
2212
248
224
575
482
683
ADJ11202
43859
Spoken:
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不朽的(72%)，纪念碑的(24%)，作为纪念的(4%)
adj.不朽的；纪念碑的；非常的
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