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

• Photographers showed either the beauty of the night sky or the immensity of light pollution from cities.
  摄影师们既展示了夜空的美，也揭露现今城市严重的光污染现象。
• 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。
• 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。
• So I think there's a combination of recognizing and the immensity of what is nature and the universe.
  所以我认为应当使，对于自然和宇宙认识，与自然和宇宙的广袤融为一体。
• 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。
• With a final realization of the immensity of her love and the piteous plight it had brought upon her. Her marriage to John is jeopardized Because of her secret, stuBBorn ardency for Tom.
  克莱终于理解到她那无边的爱和这悲惨的婚约给她带来的是什么。她暗中对汤姆坚定强烈的感情动摇了她和约翰的婚姻。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity.
  只让我在这天空中高飞，翱翔在静寂的无限空间里。