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Immense Large Describe Word Immensity 英 ɪ'Mens] 美 ɪ'Mens

英语单词 immense
英美音标 英 [ɪ'mens] 美 [ɪ'mens]
中文释义 adj.巨大的;广大的;<口>非常好的
英语例句 (1) They plunged into their work with immense zeal.
(2) Her contributions to the state have been immense.
(3) It's almost impossible to find him in the immense ocean.
中文例句 (1) 他们以极大的热情投入工作。
(2) 她对国家的贡献极大。
(3) 在无边无际的海洋中要找到他几乎是不可能的。
vocabulary简明 Immense means very large in size, amount, or degree. You might describe the ocean as immense, or your homework load, or the slice of cake your brother took, leaving you a tiny sliver.
vocabulary扩展 This word has an immense number of near synonyms: huge, great, enormous, vast, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, copious, tremendous are a few of the more common ones. If you're having immense difficulty deciding which word to use, just plain "very big" might do.
柯林斯解释
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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]广大的;巨大的 If you describe something as immense, you mean that it is extremely large or great.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...an immense cloud of smoke...

    大片的烟云

  • With immense relief I stopped running.

    我长长地松了一口气,停止了奔跑。

immensity
  • The immensity of the universe is difficult to grasp.

    宇宙的浩瀚难以捉摸。

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