| 单词 | colossal |
| 释义 | colossal (kəlɒsəl ) adjective If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large. [emphasis] There has been a colossal waste of public money. The task they face is colossal. Synonyms: huge, massive, vast, enormous colossally adverb [ADVERB adjective] Their policies have been colossally destructive. Collocations: colossal amount A college herpetology professor opened her eyes to the colossal amount of digging that still has to be done. Smithsonian Mag It's true that the 5,000-odd friends groups that exist provide a colossal amount of voluntary labour, without which many parks would already be wastelands. Times, Sunday Times Fair enough; there was a colossal amount of pressure. Times, Sunday Times In the general media furore hardly has anyone asked whether that colossal amount of money will be spent effectively. Times, Sunday Times So the effect of these changes will be to locate a colossal amount of power within it. Times, Sunday Times He said the lack of intelligence was 'a colossal failure'. Times, Sunday Times On his, a colossal failure in human terms can rank as a spiritual victory if it pushes a person closer toward him. Christianity Today Who has not felt, at one time or another, like a colossal failure? Christianity Today It takes a colossal failure of economic management to shake the confidence of a people in their own savings. Times, Sunday Times If that's what they're supposed to do, they are the most colossal failure. Times, Sunday Times On the contrary, it would have been a colossal mistake to have stayed on the sidelines. Times, Sunday Times He added that it would be a 'colossal mistake' to reject the deal which would be the best they could hope for. Times, Sunday Times For agonizing months it had all the symptoms of a colossal mistake. Christianity Today The robbery attempts would be a colossal mistake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Colossal mistakes are avoided because somebody sounds the alarm. Times, Sunday Times This is failure on a colossal scale. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Why are the retail financial services so prone to sharp practice on such a colossal scale? Times, Sunday Times (2011) It wastes lives and potential on a colossal scale. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It represents a failure of cultural nerve on a colossal scale. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The hairstyle of the colossal statue shows a high degree of sculptural definition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two parts of the broken colossal statue are known: the head and an arm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The clothing of the colossal statue consists of three pieces: an undervest, an upper garment and wide trousers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The korymbos of the colossal statue was originally 1.5 m high and 1 m wide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The original shoes of the colossal statue now have a contrasting conservation status. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She leaves her successor an even more colossal task than her own. The Sun The confrontation underlines the colossal task of installing sanitation in a nation of 1.2 billion people. Times, Sunday Times This would have been a colossal task. Times, Sunday Times It were a colossal task in the early 1300s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This colossal task, which he at first hoped would occupy but two years, eventually cost him twenty-one, and even then it remained incomplete. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Who will apologise to the public for that colossal waste? The Sun (2015) It was a colossal waste of time and resources for the tiniest of conceptual rewards. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In the process we've seen a colossal waste of money and loss of individual liberty - with precious little in return. The Sun (2007) Translations: Chinese: 巨大的 Japanese: 巨大な |
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