Profusion
[prə'fjuːʒ(ə)n] or [prə'fjuʒn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the property of being extremely abundant; 'the profusion of detail'; 'the idiomatic richness of English'.
整理:伊冯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.
(n.) Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a profusion of commodities.
編輯:齐克
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Lavishness, excess, prodigality, extravagance, waste.[2]. Abundance, exuberance.
希拉里校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Copiousness, prodigality, abundance, exuberance, extravagance, multitude, mass,heap, load, flood, wealth
ANT:Scarcity, economy, poverty, parsimony, drain, dole, driblet, pittance
吉莉安手打
例句/造句/用法:
- The profits of it only are spent in Spain and Portugal, where they help to support the sumptuous profusion of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It was naturally to be expected, therefore, that folly, negligence, and profusion, should prevail in the whole management of their affairs. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Large glass doors at the lower end opened on to a terrace, beautifully ornamented along its whole length with a profusion of flowers. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Sheep-marks there were in profusion, and at one place, some miles down, cows had left their tracks. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Your profusion makes me saving; and if you lament over him much longer, my heart will be as light as a feather. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Wherever white tile is not possible, white paint is used in profusion. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When the helmet was removed, the well-formed, yet sun-burnt features of a young man of twenty-five were seen, amidst a profusion of short fair hair. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Helena had evidently inoculated her father's subjects with a love for flowers, as on every side the eye was dazzled with a profusion of bright tints. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- This report, however, was very meager and lacking in any profusion of mechanical detail. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A profusion of full-grown artificial wheat was scattered over her head in grotesque confusion. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- We should rejoice at that, for profusion means fertility; where a dead uniformity ceases, invention and ingenuity flourish. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The hair was to fall over the neck and face in a profusion of careless ringlets, and, inside my vest, an Indian amber-coloured hankerchief. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- No accumulation could have supported so great an annual profusion. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Such nations are always strangers to every sort of luxury, and great wealth can scarce ever be dissipated among them by improvident profusion. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
霍华德編輯