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辨
析
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enormou
s,
immense,
huge,
gigantic,
colossal,
mammoth,
tremendous,
stupendous, gargantuan, vast, titanic
These adjectives describe what is
extraordinarily large;
这些形容词都描述超乎寻常大的事物
。
一般含义是“极大的”
。
enormous
：
Enormous
[i
’n
?
:m
?
s]
suggests a marked excess beyond the
norm in size, amount,
or degree;
暗指在大小、
数量或程度上超乎常规的。
不仅表示<
/p>
“块头”
和
“数量”
方面的
“大”
，
而且可以表示程度
方面的“极大”
，并且具有反常
(abnormality)<
/p>
的内涵。
1.
He earned enormous sums of money and
was paid as much as
￡
100 for
a single appearance.
他挣得的钱是极多的，一次出场就付给他一百英镑之多。
2.
Despite its
immensity
, it is both simple and
elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create
an
enormous object drawn as
faintly
as possible.
桥尽管很大，
但它结构简单，
而外形雅观，
实
现了设计师要创造出“一个在重物作用下尽可
能不变形的庞然大物”的理想。
3.
an enormous
boulder
巨大的圆石
4.
enormous
expenses
巨额费用
immense
：
Immense
[i
’mens]
refers to boundless or immeasurable
size or extent
；
指无限的或
< br>无法测量的尺寸或范围。
表示“特别大的”意思，其内涵是无法测量
(immeasurableness)
。
1.
an immense
crowd of people
无边无际的人海
2.
immense
pleasure
无以伦比的欢乐
3.
As
a
great
many
people
will
be
visiting
the
country,
the
government
will
be
building
new
hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine
new swimming pool.
因为很多人将要访问这个国
< br>家，政府将要建造新的旅馆，一个巨大的体育场和一个漂亮的新游泳池。
4.
The Titanic
turned just in time,
narrowly
missing the immense
wall of ice, which rose over
100 feet
out of the water beside her.
泰坦尼克号及时转了方
向，
勉强避开了高耸在它旁边
超过海面一百英尺的一块巨大的冰
墙。
huge
：
Huge
especially implies greatness of size or capacity;
尤指尺寸或容量的庞大。强调体
积方面的“巨大”
。
1.
a huge wave
巨浪
2.
a huge success
巨大的成功
3.
Four days
after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing
across the icy waters of the North
Atlantic, a huge
iceberg
was suddenly spotted
by a lookout.
启航四天后，泰坦尼克号在穿
过
北大西洋多冰的海域时，了望员突然发现了一个巨大的冰山。
gigantic
: Gigantic
[d
?
ai’
g
< br>?
ntik]
refers to size
likened to that of a giant;
指象巨人一样的大
小尺寸。
1.
a
gigantic
redwood
tree
大得惊人的红杉树
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