首页英语词典vastvast的意思

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近义词mammoth immense huge great gigantic large enormous monumental

反义词

adj. 广阔的；巨大的；大量的；巨额的
n. 浩瀚；广阔无垠的空间
n. (Vast)人名；(法)瓦斯特

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比较级: vaster;最高级: vastest;名词: vastness;

中文词源

vast 辽阔的

来自拉丁语vastus,荒废的，空无的，引申词义辽阔的，无垠的，词源同vain,waste.

英英释意

1. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope;: "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

英文词源

vast: vast: [16] Latin vastus originally meant ‘empty, unoccupied, deserted’. The sense ‘huge’, in which English borrowed it, is a secondary semantic development. Another metaphorical route took it to ‘ravaged, destroyed’, in which sense it lies behind English devastate and waste.
=> devastate, waste
vast (adj.): 1570s, "being of great extent or size," from Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus "immense, extensive, huge," also "desolate, unoccupied, empty." The two meanings probably originally attached to two separate words, one with a long -a- one with a short -a-, that merged in early Latin (see waste (v.)). Meaning "very great in quantity or number" is from 1630s; that of "very great in degree" is from 1670s. Very popular early 18c. as an intensifier. Related: Vastly; vastness; vasty.

同义词辨析

huge, enormous, immense, giant, gigantic, colossal, vast, massive, tremendous

这些形容词均有"巨大的，庞大的"之意。

huge：含义广，强调体积或容积的庞大。也可用于引申意义。

enormous：指体积、数量或程度远远超过一般标准。

immense：正式用词，侧重空间的广阔，也指面积或分量的巨大。

giant：非正式用词，多为褒义。指如巨人般的庞大体积。

gigantic：指面积或体积的巨大，但多用于引申意义。

colossal：侧重尺寸、规模和体积的无比巨大。

vast：多指空间、面积、范围的巨大，不涉及重量。

massive：指大的体积、数量和重量，侧重庞大而笨重。

tremendous：指某物很大，大得惊人；也可用作引申意义。

考试真题

And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to suffer from false memories.

We are at a point where in much of the developed world the vast majority of young people grew up playing video games, and an increasingly high percentage of adults play these video games too, Werbach says.

And Record and Austin are worried not just about the models themselves, but about the vast number of girls and women their images influence.

Rather, it is to recognize that in America's vast criminal justice system, second chances are crucial.

In all, more than 45,000 laws and rules serve to exclude vast numbers of people from fully participating in American life.

Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection.

Some businesses will benefit but the vast bulk of the savings will be captured by workers, not their employers.

There are many examples of the vast harm that is caused when individuals forget or ignore the effect their dishonesty can have.

Fortunately, there are a vast number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from historic ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home.

"We are at a point where in much of the developed world the vast majority of young people grew up playing video games, and an increasingly high percentage of adults play these video games too," Werbach says.

And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to suffer from "false memories".

However, these beasts of the sea do display a vast range of highly refined behaviors that appear to be driving their genetic development.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not a big variable in the college's decision-making process.

The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship - simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor - is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country.

Democrats and Republicans can and will take sides on a number of issues, but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major policy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind

Smith's book serves as an excellent introduction to a vast subject, and will suggest plenty of further

However, scientists say that the scale of CO2 emissions will require vast amounts of long-term storage.

When they go on tour, they do a vast number of concerts, singing in smoky places.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable " suborbital " flights — brief ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness.

One was created in the Ross Sea in 2016, another reserve is being proposed in a vast area of the Weddell Sea, and a third sanctuary is under consideration in the area west of the Antarctic Peninsula—a key krill fishing area.

The millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable

The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.

If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars,we would go in darkness happily,the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet.

The eight-part series, save money: good food, follows in the footsteps of itv's save money: good health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.

These are volcanoes so explosive that they burst open in a single big crack, leaving behind a vast hole, the caldera.

Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.

The researchers mapped not only the city’s vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone — a vast storehouse of digital information — is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect’s purse.

The researchers mapped not only the city's vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to, say, going through a suspect's purse.

This isn't surprising, considering the basic mandatory high school curriculum leaves students with a poor understanding of the vast academic possibilities that await them in college.

实用场景例句

a vast area of forest: 莽莽苍苍的森林

a vast crowd: 一大群人

a vast amount of information: 大量信息

At dusk bats appear in vast numbers .: 蝙蝠于傍晚时分大批出现。

His business empire was vast.: 他的企业规模庞大。

In the vast majority of cases, this should not be a problem.: 在绝大多数情况下，这应该不成问题。

[不可数名词, 可数名词]the vastness of space: 太空的浩瀚无垠

...Afrikaner farmers who own vast stretches of land...: 拥有广袤土地的南非白人农场主

The vast majority of the eggs would be cracked.: 绝大部分鸡蛋都会被打碎。

The domain is vast.: 领域广大.

A vast expanse of golden crops lay before us.: 我们眼前展现出一大片金黄色的庄稼.

The fields covered with snow became a vast expanse of whiteness stretching to infinity.: 田野被大雪覆盖,白茫茫的一眼望不到边.

His behavior is injurious to the interests of the vast majority of people.: 他的行为有损于大多数人民的利益.

Alexander held dominion over a vast area.: 亚历山大曾统治过辽阔的地域.

Ahead lay a vast expanse of wheat.: 前面是一大片小麦.

It is a vast expanse of desert.: 那是一片辽阔的沙漠.

It's vast and hazy in the distance.: 远处一片迷茫

The vast majority of the workers here are Protestants.: 这里的工人绝大多是新教徒.

China has a vast territory and a large population.: 中国地域辽阔,人口众多

The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.: 那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动.

A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.: 山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前.

We have a vast expanse of cultivated land.: 我们有大片的耕地.

An individual is only a tiny grain in the vast sea; it is the masses of people that are the boundless ocean.: 个人只是沧海的一粟, 人民群众才是无垠的大海.

The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.: 暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原.

Modernization of a vast country like China cannot be done at one go.: 在中国这样一个幅员广大的国家里,要实现四个现代化,不可能一蹴而就.

a vast array of bottles of different shapes and sizes: 一大批形状大小不一的瓶子

Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside.: 城市发展导致大片的乡村遭到毁坏。

vast tracts of forest: 大片大片的森林

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