Enormous

(adj.) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; 'an enormous boulder'; 'enormous expenses'; 'tremendous sweeping plains'; 'a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology'- Walter Lippman; 'a plane took off with a tremendous noise' .

整理:温弗雷德

• For those days this was an enormous sum. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• In agriculture the raising of grain has extended in the Nineteenth Century to enormous proportions. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It was a wonderful experience to have problems given me out of the intuitions of a great mind, based on enormous experience in practical work, and applying to new lines of progress. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• You were enormous in the last bull, she would say to him and he would say, Yes, I killed him very well. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• By degrees it became an enormous injury to me that he stood before the fire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• We had enormous orders and little money, and had great difficulty to meet our payrolls and buy supplies. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Even the enormous debt of Great Britain might in this manner soon be paid. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• That is of enormous importance, said Holmes, making a note upon his shirt-cuff. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Not perhaps as an originative people, but as transmitters of knowledge and method their influence upon the world's history has been enormous. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The wear and tear of the railways was, at the same time, enormous. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• We also knew the width, length, and approximate depth of every one of these deposits, which were enormous. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Yet there was the fact, just as indisputable as ever, that public affairs do have an enormous and intimate effect upon our lives. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The water thus discharged passes through a diversion channel in the old bed of the Chagres River, generating, by an enormous electric plant, the power necessary for operating the locks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The varied and complex machining required on armor plate demands tools of enormous size and strength as well as varied purpose. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And half a grain of reality, like the smallest portion of some other scarce natural productions, will flavour an enormous quantity of diluent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He was a man of enormous energy, and he taught at Jerusalem, Antioch, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I regret to state that I was not afraid of telling the enormous lie comprehended in the answer No. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Moreover, between each successive formation we have, in the opinion of most geologists, blank periods of enormous length. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The trade in tobacco was enormous, considering the population to be supplied. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Through his extraordinary energy and enterprise the business made enormous strides, and Mr. Rathenau has become one of the most conspicuous industrial figures in his native country. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• When he reached Paris at five in the morning an enormous crowd welcomed him, and the cries of Vive Blériot! 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• These amounts have been somewhat less in years since then, but the appetite continues, and any deficiency in the supply is made up by enormous importation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The cooking is done in great vats and in enormous electric ovens. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• From them we can gather some hint of the enormous bewildering demand that prostitution answers. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The sums spent upon the reception of a new viceroy of Peru, for example, have frequently been enormous. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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