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

• The business is conducted on a scale of unprecedented immensity.
  这项业务是按前所未有的巨大规模来经营的。
• A long time ago, the individual was surrounded by nature so abundant that its immensity was amazing.
  很久以前，人类被广阔、富饶的大自然包围着。
• The infinity of God may also be viewed with reference to space, and is then called His immensity.
  上帝的无限性也可以从空间的角度来看，这称作祂的广大性。
• And the center of immensity was my brain.
  无限的空间的中央就是我的大脑。
• "I admire your immensity," whispers a bulrush.
  “我崇拜您的广阔无垠。”芦草轻声呢喃。
• 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。
• As a child he was awed by the immensity of the outer space.
  还是一个孩子的时候，他就对外太空的浩渺感到敬畏了。
• With a final realization of the immensity of her love and the piteous plight it had brought upon her. Her marriage to John is jeopardized Because of her secret, stuBBorn ardency for Tom.
  克莱终于理解到她那无边的爱和这悲惨的婚约给她带来的是什么。她暗中对汤姆坚定强烈的感情动摇了她和约翰的婚姻。
• Provided that they are face to face with immensity, they smile.
  只要能与无极相对，他们就微笑。
• Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity.
  只让我在这天空中高飞，翱翔在静寂的无限空间里。