英语释义

• an act of extreme wickedness

• vastness of size or extent;

  "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"

  "universities recognized the enormity of their task"

• the quality of extreme wickedness

• the quality of being outrageous

片语

vastness巨大；广大；广漠

greatness伟大；巨大

英汉例句

• the enormity of the project suggests work lasted several months at least, probably several years, which makes it unfeasible that it might be kidd「s treasure.

  这项浩大的工程至少花费了几个月甚至几年的时间，那么这就不可能是基德埋藏宝物的地方。

• 「i do not underestimate the enormity of the task that lies ahead, 」 said barack obama.

  他说：「我不会低估摆在我面前的任务的艰巨程度。

• i didn」t understand the enormity of what she had done.

  那时，我还不明白她所犯的“滔天罪恶」。

• even the attack on pearl harbour was remote from the country「s heartland. at home, americans felt safe, in a way they never will again: it made this week」s enormity all the more terrible.

  在自己的国土上，美国人感觉很安全，但他们永远也不会再那样觉得：这令本周遭受到的极其兇残的暴行更为可怕。

• the fact is blair, in the quotes published from his memoir underneath the picture, sounds like someone who knows the enormity of ordering soldiers to die in a war.

  事实上，自传中那张照片下面的引文，听起来好像布莱尔知道大多数征募的士兵会战死沙场一样。

• at home, americans felt safe, in a way they never will again: it made this week’s enormity all the more terrible. despite everything, the country rallied.

  在家里，美国人感觉很安全，以一种他们从未希望过的方式：这种方式使这个邪恶之周更显得可怕，抛开一切事情，所有的人团结起来。

• he talked for some time with bundy, and his questions reflected the enormity of his doubts.

  他同邦迪谈了一会，他提出的问题反映出他有很大的怀疑。

• residents, sometimes helped by friends and relatives, pick through the debris or wander, dazed, through the streets, trying to comprehend the enormity of the calamity.

  那些有时受到朋友和亲戚帮助居民，穿过残骸，茫然的游蕩于大街小巷，（似乎）是想充分理解这场巨大的灾难。

• given the enormity of htc and the rapidly growing android platform, the lawsuit could very well influence the way touchscreen phones are made in general.

  鑒于htc的庞大规模和android平台的快速成长，这起官司可能对触摸屏手机的制造方式产生巨大影响。

• while funding is already flowing to those affected on the ground, all key stakeholders involved in the reconstruction process have emphasized the enormity of the task ahead.

  在资金已经开始流入灾区现场的同时，所有参与重建活动的重要利益相关者都强调了未来任务的艰巨性。

• without the direct permission of the speaker, such an enormity would warrant at least a year in prison or a hefty fine.

  若没有议长的直接许可，这种激烈发言将保证至少一年刑期或从重罚款。

• today「s leaders have maintained that reputation, but given the enormity of the economic challenges at hand, the only safe bet is that their helmsmanship will be tested to the extreme in 2009.

  如今的领导人仍然保住这种声誉，但鑒于经济挑战之巨大，几乎可以肯定他们的领导力将在2009年受到终极考验。

• still, the sheer enormity of the disaster is transcending the grievances of the past.

  然而，无比巨大的灾难还是超越了过去历史的哀伤。

• you did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.

  你们这样做是因为你们明白摆在面前的任务有多艰巨。

• 」it「s better to look at the matter in phases because of the enormity of the destruction, 」 he said, adding that once the disaster zone stabilizes more opportunities to help could emerge.

  他说，鑒于灾区破坏的严重性，最好是分阶段看待此事，他还说一旦灾区稳定下来，会有更多提供援助的机会。

• he remained there until daylight, in the same attitude, bent double over that bed, prostrate beneath the enormity of fate, crushed, perchance, alas!

  他用同样的姿势呆到天明，在床上，上身扑在两膝上，被巨大的命运所压服，也许被压垮了，唉！

• the enormity of this hubris is staggering.

  这种狂妄的程度令人惊愕。

• the biggest challenge is the psychological adjustment to understand the enormity of the world cup – the role that each one of us must play in making the event a success.

  最大的挑战是调整心态以明白世界杯的巨大---我们每个人都必须参与进来使这次比赛获得成功。

• he frets about sewage in north gaza, but is also worried that europe and the us have still not grasped the enormity of the shift of power to asia.

  他不仅担心加沙北部的污水，而且也担心欧洲和美国仍旧没能理解权利转向亚洲所带来的巨大影响。

• the hardest part of all, said ms quinlan, was explaining to pipi the enormity of what she had done without laughing.

  昆兰夫人说，现在最困难的事，就是忍住笑向皮皮解释她做了多么「伟大」的一件事。

• maybe, we won't know for years writing in the washington post, former u. s. ambassador to iraq ryan crocker sees "not a record of failure but an illustration of the enormity of the challenges in iraq.

  或许，几年之内我们都不会知道前美国驻伊大使赖恩·克罗克在华盛顿邮报上发文写道「没有一项失败的记录，仅仅是在伊拉克遇到的巨大挑战的描述。」

• let me close by saying i do not underestimate the enormity of the task that lies ahead.

  在讲话即将结束时我想要说，对于今后的任务，我丝毫没有低估其艰巨性。

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