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。
• And from the point of view of limitation from which every one of you is looking, there cannot be an understanding of the immensity which is without limitation.
  而从局限的观点来看，你们每个人都在这样看，不可能理解那个没有局限的浩瀚。
• My soul to-night loses itself in the silent heart of a tree standing alone among the whispers of immensity.
  今夜，我的灵魂迷失在一棵独立在浩瀚宇宙私语中的树的无言的心中。
• 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。
• And the center of immensity was my brain.
  无限的空间的中央就是我的大脑。
• 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。
• It will be quite a revelation as you realize the immensity of the changes to self, as your old mindset is easily replaced by all that is pure and wholesome.
  当你们意识到自我变化的无限性时，当你们的旧的理念被所有纯粹的和健全的理念轻易地取代的时候，这将是一个了不起的启示。
• 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。
• 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。