monumental
英 [mɒnjʊ'ment(ə)l]
美[,mɑnju'mɛntl]
- adj. 不朽的；纪念碑的；非常的
中文词源
monumental 不朽的，意义深远的
来自monument,纪念碑。比喻用法。
英英释意
- 1. relating or belonging to or serving as a monument;
- "the use of the arch in monumental architecture"
- "monumental sculptures"
- 2. of outstanding significance;
- "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics"
- 3. imposing in size or bulk or solidity;
- "massive oak doors"
- "Moore's massive sculptures"
- "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"
- "a monumental scale"
英文词源
- monumental (adj.)
- c. 1600, "pertaining to a monument," from Late Latin monumentalis "pertaining to a monument," from monumentum (see monument). From 1650s in the loose sense of "vast, stupendous." Related: Monumentally.
考试真题
- Eight monumental curving staircases of granite with over 4,000 individually cast bronze balusters are capped by four skylight domes and two stained glass rotundas.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- Gibbon's monumental work ‘The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire ’
- 吉本的不朽著作《罗马帝国衰亡史》
牛津词典
- a book of monumental significance
- 一本意义非凡的书
牛津词典
- We have a monumental task ahead of us.
- 极其繁重的工作在等着我们。
牛津词典
- It seems like an act of monumental folly.
- 这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。
牛津词典
- a monumental inscription/tomb
- 碑文；陵墓
牛津词典
- a monumental mason (= a person who makes monuments )
- 纪念碑石工
牛津词典
- It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
- 当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a series of monumental disappointments.
- 一连串的巨大失望
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...his monumental work on Chinese astronomy.
- 他关于中国天文学的不朽巨著
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.
- 我对高大的雕塑没什么兴趣。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They are like human beings with marble poured over them, smooth, white, monumental.
- 象是活人身上敷了一层云石, 光滑 、 洁白 、 巍巍然.
辞典例句
- The urgency of the situation makes it necessary to reiterate the monumental problems of population growth.
- 情况的紧迫性使我们有必要重申人口增长的重大问题.
期刊摘选
- This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil. But good will prevail.
- 这将是一场不朽的正义同邪恶的战斗. 但正义终会战胜邪恶.
期刊摘选
- He also labored on a monumental equestrian statue in honor of Lodovico's father, Francesco Sforza.
- 与此同时,他还开始为洛多维科的父亲弗朗切斯科·斯福尔扎雕刻一尊巨型骑马塑像.
期刊摘选
- The Taylor shooting claimed innocent lives and caused monumental suffering to the victims'families and friends.
- 泰勒开枪杀害的是无辜的生命,给受害者的家人和朋友造成了莫大的痛苦.
期刊摘选
- Monumental heritage appears after them.
- 纪念碑的遗产在他们之后出现.
期刊摘选
- Passing bells and sculpted angels, cold and monumental.
- 消逝的钟声与天使雕像, 冰冷且不灭的.
期刊摘选
- Although the buildings in the Forum appear Greek in style, they are more monumental and immense.
- 虽然[罗马]广场上的建筑显现出希腊风格, 它们却更加高大雄伟.
期刊摘选
- Alberti was one of the first to use the arch on a monumental.
- 阿尔贝蒂是第一个使用拱上一座丰碑.
期刊摘选
- MONASTERY - HOSPITAL Construction began around 1515 on this monumental building, which features a Spanish Plateresque fa ? ade.
- 这座不朽的建筑始建于1515年, 西班牙风格的建筑物正面带有复杂的花叶形装饰.
期刊摘选
- In his monumental work begun in 1666 , Newton discovered three vital facts about the gravitational force.
- 牛顿在他开始于一六六六年的不朽的工作中,发现了有关万有引力的三个极其重要的事实.
辞典例句
- It was positively monumental.
- 这非常雄伟.
期刊摘选
- Paisal's palace was on a monumental scale.
- 费萨尔的宫殿十分宏伟壮观.
辞典例句
- They are arguing about the document of the monumental i argument.
- 他们在辩论关于那件不朽乐器的文献.
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