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单词 immense
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Definition of immense in English:

immense

adjective ɪˈmɛnsɪˈmɛns
  • Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

    the cost of restoration has been immense
    a factor of immense importance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was told the hard disk was so immense that I would never need to buy another computer ever again.
    • But they are right and bold to do so, when the prize of its achievement is so immense.
    • All I see is a flash of blue scales, then an immense, burning pain on my right cheek.
    • He also appears to have immense powers but will not use them when they are most required.
    • It's cold and dark here in my little rowing boat and the waters are murky and beset with immense danger.
    • He still has immense energy to drive the group and he still gets up in the morning with the determination to win.
    • They've managed to capture an immense sound, which is quite a feat for a three-piece.
    • He added that it had been an experience and an immense honour to serve on the council.
    • He has immense mood swings, and has to be constantly reminded how good he is.
    • So what we must now do is begin the immense task with a few practical steps.
    • No matter how carefully guided these weapons may be, the loss of civilian life will be immense.
    • And, of course, it kept catching the wind so it was like trying to move an immense kite!
    • Those trade union leaders should be calling action like Thursday's on an immense scale.
    • Coupled with his immense physical and athletic gifts, it made him nearly unstoppable.
    • To her immense credit Jenni did a courageous job of keeping us informed but there was only so much she could do.
    • He certainly used it in the sense of destiny that is carved out by immense human efforts.
    • The past year has filled me with immense pride in Aberdeen and the commitment shown by staff at all levels.
    • The change is small, just one word, but the implied change in attitude and status is immense.
    • His learning was as vast as was his obstinacy immense in the matter of accepting change.
    • I think the first lesson I would learn out of that is that the inertia involved in that is immense.
    Synonyms
    huge, vast, massive, enormous, gigantic, colossal, cosmic, great, very large, very big, extensive, expansive, monumental, towering, mountainous, tremendous, prodigious, substantial
    giant, elephantine, monstrous, mammoth, titanic, Brobdingnagian, king-size, king-sized
    informal mega, monster, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, jumbo, hulking
    British informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Latin immensus 'immeasurable', from in- 'not' + mensus 'measured' (past participle of metiri).

Rhymes

cense, commence, common sense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, fence, hence, Hortense, offence (US offense), pence, prepense, pretence (US pretense), sense, spence, suspense, tense, thence, whence
 
 

Definition of immense in US English:

immense

adjectiveiˈmensɪˈmɛns
  • Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

    the cost of restoration has been immense
    an immense apartment building
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Coupled with his immense physical and athletic gifts, it made him nearly unstoppable.
    • So what we must now do is begin the immense task with a few practical steps.
    • And, of course, it kept catching the wind so it was like trying to move an immense kite!
    • To her immense credit Jenni did a courageous job of keeping us informed but there was only so much she could do.
    • He has immense mood swings, and has to be constantly reminded how good he is.
    • His learning was as vast as was his obstinacy immense in the matter of accepting change.
    • They've managed to capture an immense sound, which is quite a feat for a three-piece.
    • All I see is a flash of blue scales, then an immense, burning pain on my right cheek.
    • Those trade union leaders should be calling action like Thursday's on an immense scale.
    • I think the first lesson I would learn out of that is that the inertia involved in that is immense.
    • The change is small, just one word, but the implied change in attitude and status is immense.
    • No matter how carefully guided these weapons may be, the loss of civilian life will be immense.
    • He certainly used it in the sense of destiny that is carved out by immense human efforts.
    • The past year has filled me with immense pride in Aberdeen and the commitment shown by staff at all levels.
    • It's cold and dark here in my little rowing boat and the waters are murky and beset with immense danger.
    • He added that it had been an experience and an immense honour to serve on the council.
    • He also appears to have immense powers but will not use them when they are most required.
    • But they are right and bold to do so, when the prize of its achievement is so immense.
    • I was told the hard disk was so immense that I would never need to buy another computer ever again.
    • He still has immense energy to drive the group and he still gets up in the morning with the determination to win.
    Synonyms
    huge, vast, massive, enormous, gigantic, colossal, cosmic, great, very large, very big, extensive, expansive, monumental, towering, mountainous, tremendous, prodigious, substantial

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Latin immensus ‘immeasurable’, from in- ‘not’ + mensus ‘measured’ (past participle of metiri).

 
 
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