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

• 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。
• Over this immensity the sky curved like a frescoed ceiling, where flotillas of white and grey clouds floated on separate winds.
  天空在无垠的大地上盘旋曲折，仿佛是刻有壁画的天花板，密集的白云和灰云在空中阵风飘移。
• 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。
• And the center of immensity was my brain.
  无限的空间的中央就是我的大脑。
• It will be quite a revelation as you realize the immensity of the changes to self, as your old mindset is easily replaced by all that is pure and wholesome.
  当你们意识到自我变化的无限性时，当你们的旧的理念被所有纯粹的和健全的理念轻易地取代的时候，这将是一个了不起的启示。
• 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。
• 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。
• All the same, it is the immensity of the task, not the obscurity of the man, that should make the world nervous.
  都是一样的，它是任务，而不是默默无闻的人，应该让世界紧张浩瀚。
• 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。
• 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。