Long ago enormous animals lived on the earth.

很久以前，地球上生活着巨大的动物。

She stood alone on the enormous stage.

她孤零零地站在巨大的舞台上。

They overlooked the enormous risks involved.

他们忽略了暗含的巨大危险。

The sight of such an enormous crowd astonished us.

看到如此庞大的人群我惊讶万分。

I was enormous when I was carrying my first baby.

我怀头胎的时候非常胖。

an enormous house'/dog

巨大的房子；大狗

an enormous amount of time

大量的时间

enormous interest

浓厚的兴趣

The problems facing the President are enormous.

总统面临的问题是巨大的。

...his enormous capacity for brutality.

他的穷凶极恶

It was an enormous disappointment.

真是让人万分失望。

There is, of course, an enormous amount to see.

当然有很多可看的。

The main bedroom is enormous...

主卧室非常大。

An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.

每年都有大量资金投入到教学中.

They wield enormous political power.

他们行使巨大的政治权力.

These camels travelled enormous distance over the desert regions.

这些骆驼在沙漠里长途跋涉.

The half hour lecture caused an enormous furor.

那半小时的演讲引起了极大的轰动.

The enormous fish snapped the line.

一条大鱼咬住了线.

The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.

由于困难很大,他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度.

It was an enormous ship; there were no fewer than a thousand cars on it.

这是一艘硕大无比的船, 上面至少载有上千辆汽车.

He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as 'uffe1100 for a single appearence.

他挣得的钱是极多的,一次出场就付给他一百英镑之多.

Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible.

桥尽管很大, 但它结构简单,而外形雅观, 实现了设计师要创造出 “ 一个在重物作用下尽可能不变形的庞然大物”的理想.

The tiny kitten approached the enormous bear and let out a purr and a mew.

那猫却走近体大腰圆的灰熊,冲它“喵呜“,“喵呜“地叫着.

This scientist accessed enormous different files to find the correct information.

这位科学家在计算机上调阅了大量的不同文件以找寻所要的信息.

a man of enormous girth

腰围很粗的男人

She was a shy, delicately pretty girl with enormous blue eyes.

她是一个害羞、娇美的女孩，长着一双大大的蓝眼睛。

Cereals form the staple diet of an enormous number of people around the world.

谷类是世界范围内很大一部分人的主要食物。

The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.

两家公司在金融市场有非常大的影响力。

Worldwide, an enormous amount of research effort goes into military technology.

在世界范围内，大量的研究精力都投入到军事技术上。

The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.

航空公司投入了大笔资金购买噪音较小的新型飞机。

The tower was surmounted by an enormous statue, utterly out of scale with the building.

那座塔的顶部矗立着一尊巨型雕像，与整个建筑完全不成比例。

She gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance.

做自由职业者让她体会到无穷的快乐。

The domino effect if one train is cancelled is enormous.

如果一班火车被取消，其连锁反应将是巨大的。

The repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous.

核子内部的斥力是巨大的。

用作定语～+ n.

1. Long ago enormous animals lived on the earth.
   很久以前地球上生活着庞大的动物。
2. The war cost an enormous sum of money.
   战争耗费了一大笔钱。
3. He had an enormous kind heart and would always be ready to help others.
   他心地善良,总是乐于帮助别人。
4. The novel has achieved enormous popularity in Britain.
   这部小说在英国很受欢迎。

用作表语S+be+～

1. The building is very enormous.
   这栋建筑非常大。
2. Their losses had been enormous.
   他们的损失巨大。

• enormous%20quantity">enormous quantity巨大的数量

• Cursor Mundi is an enormous poem of 30,000 lines.

  出自：G. S. Fraser

• Kingsley went to enormous trouble for the son of his old companion.

  出自：A. Thwaite

adj.(形容词)

enormous, huge, immense, massive, vast

这组词的共同意思是“大的”。huge指超越一定标准大的事物的体积或容量,用在比喻中形容抽象事物,指某事严重或急需解决; enormous指“大”到令人吃惊、甚至不相称的程度,也常形容抽象事物的严肃性、迫切性; immense不强调重量,只强调体积、数量或程度等超过一般标准; massive通常指大而重的物体,但也修饰抽象的概念如力量、结果等; vast用以指范围、数量,但着重指面积,而不涉及重量或体积。

• ☆ 16世纪30年代进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的enormis，意为巨大的，庞大的。