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

• 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。
• 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。
• Still, he doesn't minimize the immensity of his task.
  他觉得他的任务还是很重大的。
• Soon I felt engulfed in the immensity of the plain, lost in gazing upon it as one feels lost in gazing on sea.
  不久我就觉得被这一望无垠的平原所吞没，凝视着它就像凝视着大海那样，使人迷茫。
• 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。
• A little garden in which to walk, and immensity in which to dream.
  一院小小的园地供他盘桓，一片浩阔的天空供他神游。
• 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。
• 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。
• And the center of immensity was my brain.
  无限的空间的中央就是我的大脑。
• 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。