| 单词 | enormous |
| 释义 | enormous (ɪnɔːʳməs ) 1. adjective B1 Something that is enormous is extremely large in size or amount. The main bedroom is enormous. There is, of course, an enormous amount to see. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You can use enormous to emphasize the great degree or extent of something. [emphasis] It was an enormous disappointment. enormously adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb] This book was enormously influential. The new database will help horse breeders enormously. Synonyms: very, highly, greatly, really Collocations: enormous effort Nevertheless, going out and performing when she was in such personal turmoil took an enormous effort. The Sun Business schools have been putting enormous effort and extra resources into their careers services. Times, Sunday Times In recent years we have made enormous effort to put a higher price on the comfort, dignity and care for patients in such an emergency. Times, Sunday Times It takes enormous effort, and honesty, to see ourselves clearly. Times, Sunday Times It had taken him 10 years of enormous effort to prise these equations out of an obscure branch of mathematics called tensor calculus. Times, Sunday Times He had enormous enthusiasm for teaching and was a great historian. Times, Sunday Times She combined painstaking attention to detail with enormous enthusiasm. Times, Sunday Times He was a man of enormous enthusiasm and energy, accustomed to achieving anything he set out to do. Times, Sunday Times The construction of the theatre, between the years 1947 and 1950, was a period of enormous enthusiasm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Faced with this evidence all three pleaded guilty, saving the enormous expense of a trial expected to last 10 to 12 weeks. Times, Sunday Times Cutbacks in relatively cheap services mean that we are propelling people more quickly than need be into the enormous expense of care homes or hospitals. Times, Sunday Times Consultant and nursing posts are so difficult to fill that, at enormous expense, we have to hire agency staff. Times, Sunday Times We are all managers after the event but players are deliberately bought at enormous expense to play in certain positions for their clubs. The Sun The enormous expense of constructing such a project has precluded its realization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But that could not explain the enormous gap between the two teams yesterday. Times, Sunday Times He set out to bridge the 'enormous gap' on profits - such as losing 1.5m on every plane engine it sold. Times, Sunday Times As this wonderful book reveals vividly, an enormous gap had always existed between pain and privilege. Times, Sunday Times Again the intentions are good: to bridge the enormous gap between the number of new homes given planning permission by councils and the number actually built by the developers. Times, Sunday Times She has phoned the charity's helpline, it turns out, 'two or three times, with enormous gaps between'. Times, Sunday Times To succeed in establishing a commercial method for the extraction of carbon from fossil fuels could have an enormous impact worldwide. Times, Sunday Times So we placed our trainers (usually secondary school food technology teachers) in schools and it has had an enormous impact. Times, Sunday Times Has he had an enormous impact upon your life? The Sun We should not forget that all farming, including organic, makes an enormous impact on the environment. Times, Sunday Times For them his work provided an inspiration and a stepping stone, without which they might never have made such an enormous impact. Times, Sunday Times These findings have enormous implications for recruitment and for management. Times, Sunday Times For those of us who have received the gift of leadership from the people we lead, this belief has enormous implications. Christianity Today Insolvency has enormous implications for a company, its creditors, its shareholders and its managers. Times, Sunday Times It has enormous implications for future employment claims. Times, Sunday Times If pollen can indeed float up high in the atmosphere and seed cloud droplets, it could have enormous implications in understanding the climate. Times, Sunday Times We are trying to understand what kind of genes caused the enormous increase in fruit size and variation in fruit shape as tomatoes were domesticated. Times, Sunday Times The period under review witnessed an enormous increase in the scale of preparation, organization and administration needed to wage war. The Times Literary Supplement Simultaneously with the reports of a general slowing down of industry there are published statistics showing an enormous increase in imports of luxuries. Times,Sunday Times With the enormous increase in state support this year, total cash handouts issued by the state could now amount to an average of around £14,000 per household. Times,Sunday Times Such fees are not at all government-regulated, allowing a theoretically enormous increase each year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The study of family history also made an enormous leap, by making accurate ancestry foreseeable at least back to 1300 when surnames became common. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, it's an enormous leap from simple payment card to full-service bank. Times, Sunday Times But to accept that the building would be ready would require an enormous leap of faith. Times, Sunday Times Yet, it didn't take an enormous leap out of myself to start understanding him; on the contrary, it required some introspection. ST Two enormous leaps occurred in the late 19th century, which together allowed the transition to modern surgery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This will be a time to reflect on the enormous loss of life and unimaginable horror of trench warfare that dominated that conflict. The Sun His withdrawal from scrolls studies was an enormous loss. Times, Sunday Times It helped me put a shape to my enormous loss and pain. The Sun The teeming terraces; the fortitude and sportsmanship; and the evidence that fans of rival clubs also felt enormous loss. Times, Sunday Times It also represents an enormous loss of talent and creativity for our nation. Times, Sunday Times Unlike the enormous number of antibiotics, effective antiviral drugs are extremely rare. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Either way it is an enormous number of potential siblings. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Many more coaches had arrived and an enormous number of people were waiting to come across. Broken Lives (1993) In the next few days an enormous number of young starlings will be leaving the nest. Times, Sunday Times (2014) But if they really cost 1 each to process then what an enormous opportunity there must be for the banks to reduce administration costs. Times, Sunday Times E-government holds an enormous opportunity for efficiency savings in the public services, but only if people use it. Times, Sunday Times This village has enormous opportunity for future investments as it has got very good infrastructure and road connectivity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In an increasingly networked world the internet presents at once enormous opportunities and significant vulnerabilities. Times, Sunday Times We are highlighting how management consultancies are helping clients take advantage of the enormous opportunities of digital technology. Times, Sunday Times But the errors mounted and became an enormous pile. Times, Sunday Times What good will an enormous pile of money do? Times, Sunday Times When she opened it, she found nothing but an enormous pile of dust. Christianity Today Then there's the grim pile of post, rivalled only by the enormous pile of briny washing. Times, Sunday Times Thus refreshed, he suggested warming up some leftover pasta before settling down to clear the enormous pile of horrible student washing-up that had accumulated in the kitchen. Times, Sunday Times In time the enormous popularity of lonely soldier advertising began to trouble the military authorities. Times, Sunday Times Now maybe its enormous popularity will put you all off. Times, Sunday Times It was not advertised in any way other than by word of mouth, yet it soon gained enormous popularity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The series received enormous popularity and was aired in more than 100 countries worldwide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His charm, eloquence, generoisty and frankness gained him enormous popularity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More investment is needed in supporting agriculture and food production in a region that has enormous potential. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Ocado is quite a contrarian pick as there is a lot of bad news about it, but it has enormous potential in my opinion. Times, Sunday Times (2014) At this stage it is still a research tool but it does seem to have enormous potential. BMA Family Doctor Guide - Heart Disease (1989) I knew he had enormous potential. The Sun (2016) At present enormous power stations burn gas or oil in huge turbines to generate electricity. Times, Sunday Times On top of that, he says, the tech companies have enormous power, but little accountability. Times,Sunday Times Journalists' enormous power to affect other people's lives should not go unchecked. ST They have enormous power to sabotage policies they dislike or kick them into the long grass. The Sun He obviously wielded enormous power, because wherever we went, we never had to pay the bill. Times, Sunday Times Young actresses in Hollywood are under enormous pressure to look impossibly thin. The Sun (2016) There is no doubt that he has been under enormous pressure as his team have staggered from one calamity to another. Times, Sunday Times (2008) So any delay puts enormous pressure on the fleet. The Sun (2010) The way he runs around a bend means there is enormous pressure going through them. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There was enormous pressure on actors at that time. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The 20th century was a century of enormous progress, but one also filled with enormities. Christianity Today Scientists have made enormous progress in the use of lab-cultivated cells and computer models instead of animals where possible. Times, Sunday Times We have made enormous progress over the decades in international health research, health services innovation and public health. Times, Sunday Times Of solidly enormous proportions, it claims to have, at 93ft, the country's widest nave. Times, Sunday Times Too ambitious perhaps, for the book's flaws appear to derive from an inability to manage its enormous proportions. The Times Literary Supplement However, because of modern health and safety regulations, the original lead-based paint must be removed, leading to an operation of enormous proportions - and precautions. Times, Sunday Times This scurrilous literature grew to enormous proportions during the revolution. Times, Sunday Times As it happens, published commentary about the governess has reached enormous proportions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There has been enormous publicity over those cases where convictions have been overturned. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It has garnered enormous publicity not just for its naked models but for its often gruesome and controversial antics. Times, Sunday Times (2016) All very rum, but the result is that the Tory party got enormous publicity for its education reform plans and she lost her job. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In a book with such an enormous range, a few lapses are certain to creep in. The Times Literary Supplement He has collected an enormous range of material, but this wealth of information rarely overloads the text. The Times Literary Supplement There's an enormous range of bright and breezy colours to freshen up your interior walls and woodwork, giving them a modern edge. Times, Sunday Times Even though an enormous range of new materials has been developed in the past 20 to 30 years, they remain our top choice. Times, Sunday Times However, the report covers an enormous range of policy issues. Times, Sunday Times This step will, nonetheless, be an enormous relief to those affected most directly. Times, Sunday Times It was an enormous relief when he came out another door. Christianity Today So it was just an enormous relief, more than anything, to come out on top. Times, Sunday Times There will be euphoria and an enormous relief initially and then the need to catch up with all the emotional things that have happened. Times, Sunday Times For me, maternity pants were an enormous relief. Times, Sunday Times And he won because of his enormous reserves of self-belief and the doubts he spreads through the mind of every single opponent he plays. Times, Sunday Times At stake are not only enormous reserves of oil and gas, but also huge new deposits of valuable minerals. Times, Sunday Times Yet geological fortune has blessed it, some would argue cursed it, with enormous reserves of some of the most vital ingredients in modern electronic gadgets - copper, cobalt and coltan. Times, Sunday Times But the country would later reveal its other riches - enormous reserves of diamonds, copper, cobalt, uranium and a host of other metals. Times, Sunday Times He said that it had 'put in enormous resources into finding the evidence that has now enabled a clearer picture to emerge of what went on'. Times, Sunday Times It created an economy robust enough to provide government with enormous resources with which to ameliorate the plight of those stricken, physically or fiscally by the virus. Times,Sunday Times A separate province, he argued, would have the enormous resources of forestry and mining. Globe and Mail The last government threw enormous resources at trying to help the poorest in our society: 150 billion was spent, mainly on tax transfers, in the name of eradicating poverty. Times, Sunday Times This mountain range has enormous resources for the development of tourism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I pride myself on rarely crying, but this book did move me to tears, and filled me with enormous respect for its exceptionally talented author. Times, Sunday Times He had enormous respect for her and her work. Times,Sunday Times But they are both at the top of their respective professions and both have enormous respect for each other. Times, Sunday Times Those of us who have covered the bulk of his 114 games for his country have an enormous respect for him. The Sun He had enormous respect for the medical team treating him. Times, Sunday Times It means that we have enormous responsibility to ensure their wellbeing when we take it upon ourselves to look after them. Times, Sunday Times This will feel like an enormous responsibility. The Sun With great power comes enormous responsibility. Times,Sunday Times She wouldn't dream of giving me the enormous responsibility of retrieving the box by my very own self. Times, Sunday Times In this regard, our and other observers in the field have an enormous responsibility. The Star (South Africa) He has taken an enormous risk with his own money and it has become very complicated. Times, Sunday Times To be stranded without a slow bowler on the morning of the match would be an enormous risk. Times, Sunday Times One in six ends up sleeping rough, while thousands more take an enormous risk by accepting a bed for the night from a stranger. Times, Sunday Times Police praised the pair's 'moral fibre' for intervening at enormous risk to their own lives. The Sun They are not the first to take such an enormous risk in search of a new life. The Sun It took enormous sacrifice from his parents and brother to provide the hormone treatment he needed. Times, Sunday Times Those 27 years behind bars were an enormous sacrifice at great personal cost. ST It's an enormous sacrifice for them. Times, Sunday Times He has such an uncommon ability to make enormous sacrifice for whatever he believes in. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have been making enormous sacrifices to keep us safe. The Sun It was a work of enormous scope and exemplary scholarship, but also extremely readable. Times, Sunday Times Heyday resembles its subject; it's a big-bearded book of enormous scope and momentum. Times, Sunday Times This one covered an enormous scope of country and burned very rapidly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The project was of enormous scope, and met with some controversy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These sources enhanced the enormous scope of his work, which mentions roughly four thousand people by name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The debate over fossil fuels and climate change has taken many twists, but one of the oddest must be the enormous significance it has suddenly acquired for the arts world. Times, Sunday Times This was the preamble, the mood music, to weekend league fixtures of enormous significance. Times, Sunday Times In such a head-to-head contest, team tactics are going to be of enormous significance. Times, Sunday Times For the police, what fragments remained took on enormous significance. Times, Sunday Times Radios, clocks, dishes, jewelryall being developed in plastics todayhave enormous significance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tennis put enormous strain on a body that needed extra help. Times, Sunday Times With the system already under enormous strain, only 1.15 million of them are receiving support from their council. Times, Sunday Times Both of them are under enormous strain with the way she's behaving. The Sun By spring 2008, the bank's balance sheet was coming under enormous strain. Times, Sunday Times It has put an enormous strain on our infrastructure. The Sun The fiscal and personnel responsibilities can bring enormous stress. Christianity Today The enormous stress of these two life-changing events made the tics spiral completely out of control. The Sun Gravity puts enormous stress on the engine and drivetrain, while engine fluids are forced to one side. Times, Sunday Times I recognise that the police were operating under enormous stress. Times, Sunday Times Braking forces reach 4g — an enormous stress on their bodies. Times, Sunday Times This has made enormous strides in the past 30 years in both measuring and explaining happiness. Times, Sunday Times He made enormous strides to rebuild his life, showing incredible courage and determination, even raising money to help other victims. The Sun Enormous strides are being made in solar, wind and fuel-cell energy generation. Globe and Mail Already we're making enormous strides in the forestalling of death and smaller strides in the prolonging of useful life. Times, Sunday Times We have made enormous strides in science and industry and agriculture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was paid $50 a week, but when the film came out in 1939 it was an enormous success. Times, Sunday Times There was enormous success, but more compelling were the emerging narratives. Times, Sunday Times She had already enjoyed enormous success in eventing, which she still competes in. Times,Sunday Times His grand mission was, however, an enormous success. Times, Sunday Times They bought the lot and started selling them in packs of two with enormous success. The Sun There is a temptation to view what is in absolute terms an enormous sum as a relatively insignificant percentage of overall costs. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He simply couldn't grasp that anybody would pay such an enormous sum of money for something that looked like an ordinary music disc. BETTER THAN THIS (2001) `An enormous sum, Mr Blake," said Marsh cautiously, pencilling the figure on his blotting pad. TANK OF SERPENTS (2002) We are truly gifted arguers, with an enormous talent for screaming our heads off and then sulking for days. The Sun He has an enormous talent and support from every department of the club, and from the players, because we feel sorry for him. Times, Sunday Times They possess enormous talent, of course, but they both desperately want to make it and are prepared to make sacrifices to get there. Times, Sunday Times Wonderful local ingredients and an enormous talent for combining flavours. Times, Sunday Times He's always had enormous talent and from the start it was obvious that he had something special from the way he struck the ball. Times, Sunday Times As head of markets, she has an enormous task. Times, Sunday Times The enormous task involves moving the entire flyover underground. Times, Sunday Times He has set himself the enormous task of understanding and interpreting in visual terms a complex, ancient and living tradition. Times, Sunday Times That effectively puts him in charge of global bank regulation, another enormous task. Times, Sunday Times At first his notes brimmed with optimism — but he soon drifted into despondency, shattered by the enormous task facing him. The Sun It wasn’t until the fall of 1998 that he turned his attention fully to the letters he was amassing and envisioned another enormous undertaking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have always been a great fan of digital, but switching over in vehicles will be an enormous undertaking. Times, Sunday Times But there was a problem: nobody had much of a clue how such an enormous undertaking could be achieved. Times, Sunday Times I remind her that doing any show at all was an enormous undertaking for someone who had so recently undergone such treatment. Times, Sunday Times It was not only an enormous undertaking, but one through which we garnered new skills in the taxonomy of this notoriously complex plant group. Times, Sunday Times Ministers are unlikely to want to intervene in a judicial process at this stage, but are conscious of the potentially enormous impact of the ruling. Times, Sunday Times The mask of folly has potentially enormous transformative power. The Times Literary Supplement He talked through the prospects for litigation in the most discouraging terms - outcome uncertain, costs potentially enormous, etc. Times, Sunday Times The economic consequences of open source are potentially enormous, yet few economists have even started to grapple with them. Times, Sunday Times But the pitfalls are potentially enormous. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 巨大的 Japanese: 巨大な |
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