Momentous
[mə(ʊ)'mentəs] or [mo'mɛntəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) of very great significance; 'deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision'; 'a momentous event' .
整理:特蕾西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.
校對:特伦斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Important, weighty, significant, grave, serious, of importance, of great consequence.
整理:萨莎
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Significant, important, material, weighty,[See IMPORTANT]
整理:肯尼思
例句/造句/用法:
- For an active participant in the war, it is clear that the momentous thing is the issue, the future consequences, of this and that happening. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- That night was a momentous one in history. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Where she could be placed became a subject of most melancholy and momentous consultation. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Equally momentous were the times in Europe, where the attempt to secure opportunities of expansion as well as larger liberty for the individual took quite different form. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- This momentous pocket-book was a timely reminder to him of another transaction. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I try in vain to recall how I felt about it, and what its circumstances were; but it is not momentous in my recollection. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Now, sir, I must ask you more particularly what this document is, and why its disappearance should have such momentous consequences? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The illumination of the latter was held to be a truly momentous achievement owing to its great size. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- England had been the scene of momentous struggles, during my early boyhood. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The story of that momentous voyage of two months and nine days must be read in detail to be appreciated. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The present is one of those momentous stages in the life of man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In Germany and Russia the injury was still more momentous. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The most trivial question escapes not our controversy, and in the most momentous we are not able to give any certain decision. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- They are merely one aspect of a much profounder and more momentous enlargement of human possibility. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Have you no opinion to express on this momentous event in our young friend's life? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
整理:肯尼思