| 单词 | immensity |
| 释义 | immensity noun[U] formaluk/ɪˈmen.sə.ti/us/ɪˈmen.sə.t̬i/theextremelylargesizeof something: 巨大；广大The immensity of thetaskisdaunting.工作量之大令人生畏。 Synonyms enormity(SIZE) vastness Enormous
Examplesofimmensityimmensity A performer in the wings is therefore confronted with both the loomingimmensityof possibility and the crushing necessity for immediate and particular action. From theCambridge English Corpus It is an emotional issue, both for researchers and survivors, and no single book can do justice to itsimmensity. From theCambridge English Corpus But the vastness of scale, theimmensityand rapidity, and the universal consequences for all citizens (of germ warfare or nuclear destruction) are new. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of the responses to the questionnaires sent out by the commission revealed theimmensityof the task ahead. From theCambridge English Corpus However, theimmensityof this task should not allow the issue of statehood to be struck from the agenda. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, the science of comparative anatomy as a whole was a misguided attempt to "coordinate and classify" theimmensityof nature. From theCambridge English Corpus Swallowed up in one phase or other of itsimmensity, towards which they seemed impelled by a desperate fascination, they never returned. From theCambridge English Corpus For this reason, he writes, the imaginative power of 'intimateimmensity' draws us into ourselves more intensely. From theCambridge English Corpus Theimmensityof this suffering can be disturbing, even to convinced theists. From theCambridge English Corpus The listener is encouraged to follow up the names in the list, but the initial effect is to show theimmensityof potential strangeness that is 'out there'. From theCambridge English Corpus His words evoked the incongruity of globalimmensitycompacted into a long narrow gallery, juxtaposing creatures that walk, swim, and fly inside a geometric slice of human space. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, a considerable effort is needed to translate into another representation scheme theimmensityof facts and descriptions stated in the overflow of textual information characteristic to modern life. From theCambridge English Corpus I was rather staggered to find not merely animmensityof operation but a great complexity and diversity in what was carried on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sought briefly to show theimmensityof what is comprehended within the innocent-looking, woolly motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand theimmensityof the task to be achieved, given the size of the territory to be covered. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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