单词 | monumental |
释义 | monumental /mɒnjumentl; name mɑːnjumentl/ [only before noun] (rather formal) extremely great or serious非常大的;极为严重的◆this book is a work of monumental significance.这是一部意义非凡的著作。◆she had made one monumental error of judgement.她的判断出现了严重错误。ⓘ monumental is used especially to describe actions that are very stupid and have serious consequences. * monumental 尤用来修饰非常愚蠢并造成严重后果的行为◆an act of monumental folly非常愚蠢的行为◆monumental incompetence极其无能◆a monumental error / disaster / cock-up极其严重的错误/灾难/差错monumental/ˌmɒnjuˈmentl ||; ˌmɑnjəˈmɛntḷ/adj (only before a noun 只用于名词前) very great, large or important 巨大的;重大的;重要的: ◇a monumental success/task/achievement 巨大的成功;重大的任务;辉煌的成就 mon·u·ment·al /ˏmɑnjə`mɛntḷ; ˌmɒnjˈmentl◄/adj 1. extremely large, bad, impressive etc 极大的; 极坏的; 使人印象深刻的:◇jeffries has admitted he made a monumental mistake. 杰弗里斯承认自己犯了大错。 2. a monumental achievement, piece of work etc is very important and influences people in the future [成就、作品等]很重要的; 影响后世的:◇darwin's monumental work on evolution 达尔文有关进化的重要著作 |
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