immense

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishimmenseim‧mense /ɪˈmens/ adjective LOT/VERY MUCHextremely large SYN enormous People who travel by rail still read an immense amount. Regular visits from a social worker can be of immense value to old people living alone.Examples from the Corpusimmense• His general attitude is one of an untiring and immense courtesy and helpfulness.• 60 million years ago, the whole area was an immense desert.• Perhaps we are born with an immense desire for knowledge, which can be obtained from books.• Migrating birds cover immense distances every winter.• Debates were abandoned in the 1964,1968 and 1972 campaigns, largely because of candidates' concerns about their immense impact.• an immense palace• More than that, they were searching for a tiny trickle in an immense sea.• Which came first and why should there be such an immense variety?• It bears repeating that the photograph opens up an immense visual field.• It was only a dim personification: something vague and immense which with its motion brought about change and therefore was alive.Origin immense (1400-1500) French Latin immensus, from mensus “measured”

单词	immense
释义	immense From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishimmenseim‧mense /ɪˈmens/ ●●○ adjective LOT/VERY MUCHextremely large SYN enormous People who travel by rail still read an immense amount. Regular visits from a social worker can be of immense value to old people living alone.Examples from the Corpusimmense• His general attitude is one of an untiring and immense courtesy and helpfulness.• 60 million years ago, the whole area was an immense desert.• Perhaps we are born with an immense desire for knowledge, which can be obtained from books.• Migrating birds cover immense distances every winter.• Debates were abandoned in the 1964,1968 and 1972 campaigns, largely because of candidates' concerns about their immense impact.• an immense palace• More than that, they were searching for a tiny trickle in an immense sea.• Which came first and why should there be such an immense variety?• It bears repeating that the photograph opens up an immense visual field.• It was only a dim personification: something vague and immense which with its motion brought about change and therefore was alive.Origin immense (1400-1500) French Latin immensus, from mensus “measured”
随便看	the same/a different path the sanctity of life etc the sanctity of life/marriage etc the sanctity of marriage etc the sands of time the SAS the satisfaction of having etc the satisfaction of knowing etc the satisfaction of knowing/seeing/having etc the satisfaction of seeing etc the Saviour the scales fell from eyes the scales fell from somebody’s eyes the scenic route the school year the school/academic year the scientific etc community self-control self-correcting self-criticism self-dealing self-deception self-defeating self-defence self-denial