Considerable
[kən'sɪd(ə)rəb(ə)l] or [kən'sɪdərəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; 'a considerable quantity'; 'the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign'; 'went to considerable trouble for us'; 'spent a considerable amount of time on the problem' .
贝丝錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.
(a.) Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.
(a.) Of importance or value.
錄入:卢
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Respectable, worthy of consideration.[2]. Moderately large, not small.
黛博拉校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Important, large, extensive
ANT:Unimportant, trifling, inconsiderable
錄入:威廉姆斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Traders and other undertakers may, no doubt with great propriety, carry on a very considerable part of their projects with borrowed money. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Many treatises in different languages have been published on pigeons, and some of them are very important, as being of considerable antiquity. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Beppo did not despair, and he conducted his search with considerable ingenuity and perseverance. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Had they made any considerable part of their property, such a resolution could never have been agreed to. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Everything was, in short, as it should be on the approach of so considerable an event. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- She mused upon the meeting a considerable time. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Mr. Tupman immediately presented himself, with a look of very considerable surprise. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- A considerable crime is in contemplation. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He sat looking at the horse's ears, as if he saw something new there; and sat so, for a considerable time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It makes a considerable difference to me, having someone with me on whom I can thoroughly rely. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,' said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It had to march a considerable distance directly under the eye of the enemy to reach its position. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He returned to London, left the army, and went away to the East, with a considerable sum of money which he inherited from his mother. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Along this whole space of the Cordillera true glaciers do not now exist even at much more considerable heights. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- There remained throughout the whole period considerable areas in which the elaboration of the arts of life could go on. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But these distinctions and definitions are faulty in very considerable articles. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I arrived on time, but had been doing some considerable thinking on the subject. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The organization was crude, the steam-engineering talent poor, and owing to the impossibility of getting any considerable capital subscribed, the plants were put in as cheaply as possible. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Perhaps, however, if it were buried in quicksilver, it might preserve, for a considerable space of time, its vegetable life, its smell, and colour. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- One was to erect a new order of jurisdiction, by establishing magistrates and a town-council in every considerable town of his demesnes. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The contraction of the frog's legs may with considerable safety be said to be caused by these mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the conducting wires. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- During the day General Meade's advance had considerable fighting with the enemy's rear-guard, but was unable to bring on a general engagement. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- These travels of Marco Polo were only the beginning of a very considerable intercourse. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the least. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Come, come,' said Mr. Pickwick, with considerable emotion, 'we will see what can be done, when I know all about the matter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The proportion between them, therefore, must remain the same, and cannot well be altered, at least for any considerable time, by any such revolutions. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mrs. Sowerberry looked up with an expression of considerable wonderment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
錄入:威廉姆斯