单词 | considerable |
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音标 | [kən'sidərəbl] |
解释 | a.相当多的;值得考虑的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 可观的, 相当多的(great in amount or size) 【考】 restive : calmness / piddling : importance(不安静的无安静/不 重要的无重要性) 【例】 a considerable quanity,sum, distance |
字源 | considerable (adj.) mid-15c., "capable of being considered," from Medieval Latin considerabilis "worthy to be considered," from Latin considerare (see consider). Meaning "pretty large" is from 1640s (implied in considerably). CONSIDERABLE. This word is still frequently used in the manner out by Dr. Witherspoon in the following remark: "He is considerable of a surveyor; considerable of it may found in the country. This manner of speaking in the northern parts." [Pickering, 1816] |
不择手段背单词 | adj. (在数量、范围或程度上)可观的, 相当多的; 有重大意义的 【记】这次走私的数目considerable, 需要好好consider 【类】restive: calm = piddling: considerable不安静的不是平静的 = 琐屑的不是重要的 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】值得考虑,三思的,因为是相当重要的,相当多的 |
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