immensity

英 [ɪˈmensəti]

美 [ɪˈmensəti]

n.  巨大; 广大

复数：immensities　

GRE

BNC.24240 / COCA.21339

牛津词典

noun

• 巨大；广大
  the large size of sth
  1. the immensity of the universe
     宇宙的浩瀚无垠
  2. We were overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of the task.
     任务太重，把我们都吓倒了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 广大的;巨大的
  If you describe something asimmense, you mean that it is extremely large or great.
  1. ...an immense cloud of smoke...
     大片的烟云
  2. With immense relief I stopped running.
     我长长地松了一口气，停止了奔跑。

英英释义

noun

• unusual largeness in size or extent or number
  Synonym:enormousnessgrandnessgreatnessimmensenesssizeablenessvastnesswideness

双语例句

• Almost everyone was amazed at the beauty and immensity of the Grand Canyon.
  几乎每个人都惊讶于美而且壮观的无限峡谷。
• My soul to-night loses itself in the silent heart of a tree standing alone among the whispers of immensity.
  今夜，我的灵魂迷失在一棵独立在浩瀚宇宙私语中的树的无言的心中。
• Provided that they are face to face with immensity, they smile.
  只要能与无极相对，他们就微笑。
• In a few days they would be all over you, and you felt the immensity of life in them.
  几天后，它们会爬得你满身都是，你能从它们身上感受到生命的无限。
• We should cherish our unique homestead in the immensity universe.
  我们真该好好爱护浩瀚宇宙中这唯一的家园。
• They were rough-looking desperadoes, with sun-blackened faces, and an immensity of beard;
  他们是一伙外貌粗鲁的亡命之徒，个个面孔晒得黝黑，蓄着大胡子；
• I m not scientist, and my methods of proof leave a little to be desired, or a lot to be desired, or an immensity.
  我不是专家，我的证明方法有一些，或许多，或巨大的待改进之处。
• Please, sir, let us find out whether our minds and hearts are really capable of receiving immensity, and not just the word.
  先生，请你让我们去发现我们的头脑和心灵是否真的能够接收到无限，而不仅仅是词语。
• We have no intuitive grasp of the immensity of time.
  我们对时间的无限没有什么直观的认识。
• We cannot emphasize enough the immensity of this situation, both for you personally and for our planet at this time.
  我们无法用语言来强调这个事情对你个人和整个地球的重要性。