monumental

英 [ˌmɒnjuˈmentl]

美 [ˌmɑːnjuˈmentl]

adj.  重要的; 意义深远的; 不朽的; 非常大(或好、坏、蠢等)的; 作为纪念碑的; 纪念碑上的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 重要的；意义深远的；不朽的
  very important and having a great influence, especially as the result of years of work
  1. Gibbon's monumental work ‘The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire’
     吉本的不朽著作《罗马帝国衰亡史》
• 非常大（或好、坏、蠢等）的
  very large, good, bad, stupid, etc.
  1. a book of monumental significance
     一本意义非凡的书
  2. We have a monumental task ahead of us.
     极其繁重的工作在等着我们。
  3. It seems like an act of monumental folly.
     这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。
• 作为纪念碑的；纪念碑上的
  appearing in or serving as a monument
  1. a monumental inscription/tomb
     碑文；陵墓
  2. a monumental mason (= a person who makes monuments )
     纪念碑石工

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 巨大的;极大的
  You can usemonumentalto emphasize the size or extent of something.
  1. It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
     当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。
  2. ...a series of monumental disappointments.
     一连串的巨大失望
• ADJ-GRADED (书或音乐)丰碑式的，意义深远的，不朽的
  If you describe a book or musical work asmonumental, you are emphasizing that it is very large and impressive, and is likely to be important for a long time.
  1. ...his monumental work on Chinese astronomy.
     他关于中国天文学的不朽巨著
• ADJ 高大的;威严的
  Amonumentalbuilding or sculpture is very large and impressive.
  1. I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.
     我对高大的雕塑没什么兴趣。

英英释义

adj

• imposing in size or bulk or solidity
  1. massive oak doors
  2. Moore's massive sculptures
  3. the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture
  4. a monumental scale
  Synonym:massivemonolithic
• of outstanding significance
  1. Einstein's monumental contributions to physics
• relating or belonging to or serving as a monument
  1. the use of the arch in monumental architecture
  2. monumental sculptures

双语例句

• The incuriousness of the Roman rich and the Roman rulers was more massive and monumental even than their architecture.
  罗马富豪和罗马统治者的缺乏好奇心甚至比他们的建筑更为牢固和不寻常。
• This long-scattered oral literature is becoming a systematic, monumental literary work for the first time.
  使这一长期零散传唱的口头文学变成了一部系统完整的文学巨著。
• In his monumental work begun in 1666, Newton discovered three vital facts about the gravitational force.
  牛顿在他开始于一六六六年的不朽的工作中，发现了有关万有引力的三个极其重要的事实。
• I had a monumental run-in with him a couple of years ago.
  几年前，我和他大吵了一架。
• A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure.
  它的成功和失败都同样是史诗性的。
• We have monumental challenges and we have to sustain high level of growth.
  我们面临一些巨大挑战，我们不得不保持高水平的经济增长。
• Here is the bad news: economic reform remains a monumental challenge.
  坏消息是：经济改革仍是个巨大的挑战。
• MONUMENTAL GALLERY// Acropolis Museum.
  不朽的艺术长廊//卫城博物馆。
• But should his group have built a "monumental building" for a dictatorship?
  但他的团队是否应该为一个专政国家设计“纪念性建筑”呢？
• The urgency of the situation makes it necessary to reiterate the monumental problems of population growth.
  情况的紧迫性使我们有必要重申人口增长的重大问题。