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enormous

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adj.巨大的,庞大的,<古>极恶的,凶暴的

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副词:enormously 名词:enor-mousness

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norm=rule(规则),norm(标准)

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enormous


/ɪ'nɔ:məs; ɪ`nɔrməs/
adj very large; immense 巨大的; 极大的
*an enormous amount of money 巨款
* an enormous house 巨大的房子.

enormous


adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: enormis 'out of the ordinary', from norma 'rule']
very big in size or in amount
= huge
 an enormous bunch of flowers
 an enormous amount of money
 The team made an enormous effort .
1. Behind him stood an enormous Russian, about six foot four, in the white coat of a Russian waiter.
    斯大林后面站着一个高大的俄国人,大约有六英尺四英寸高,身穿俄国侍者的白色礼服。

2. But I don't want to. These peaks and valleys, these mountain streams and enormous rocks hurt my eyes; they hurt my soul.
    但是我不想看。这些山峰和峡谷、山中小溪和巨大岩石不但刺痛了我的眼睛,而且还刺痛了我的心。

3. Fulfilling its designer´s dream to create ´an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible´.
    实现了设计者企图创造一个"尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物"的梦想。

4. Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?
    当看到蜘蛛扑向一只苍蝇时,一队蚂蚁抬着一只巨大的死甲虫凯旋归时,谁能不感到敬畏呢?

5. Their sitting room was enormous.
    他们的起居室很大。

6. This I began, and it cost me enormous pains; but who grudge pains that have their deliverance in view?
    于是我就着手这项工程,历尽了千辛万苦。然而,如果成功在望,谁还在乎什么辛苦呢?

7. Then we get into an enormous car — yes, this is North America — and drive into the city that is to be our home.
    然后我们上了一辆大轿车——是呀,这就是北美——接着就驰进了那座城市,那座城市将是我们的家。

8. The oceans began to develop an enormous system of living things, with many diverse forms of life, all dependent on one another.
    海洋中开始孕育出一个巨大的生物体系,包含各种各样相互依赖的生命形态。

9. Though today is the official opening ceremony, visitors are still excluded from the most enormous privately funded construction project ever.
    尽管今天是正式的开幕典礼,参观者依然不能接近这项耗资最巨的私人投资建筑工程。

10. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance.
    门多萨挣来大笔大笔的钱,一次出场费就多可达100英镑。

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