c. 1600, "pertaining to a monument," from Late Latin monumentalis "pertaining to a monument," from monumentum (see monument). From 1650s in the loose sense of "vast, stupendous." Related: Monumentally.
monumental 英文释义
1. relating or belonging to or serving as a monument;
"the use of the arch in monumental architecture"
"monumental sculptures"
2. of outstanding significance;
"Einstein's monumental contributions to physics"
3. imposing in size or bulk or solidity;
"massive oak doors"
"Moore's massive sculptures"
"the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"
"a monumental scale"
monumental 双语例句
1. I had a monumental run-in with him a couple of years ago.
几年前，我和他大吵了一架。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assign-ment.
当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. This book is a monumental work worthy of China's new cultural movement.
这部著作不愧为中国新文化运动的丰碑.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. It was a case of monumental bad - manners.
那是极不礼貌的事例.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.
我对高大的雕塑没什么兴趣。
来自辞典例句
monumental 实用场景例句
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》
牛津词典
a book of monumental significance
一本意义非凡的书
牛津词典
We have a monumental task ahead of us.
极其繁重的工作在等着我们。
牛津词典
It seems like an act of monumental folly.
这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。
牛津词典
a monumental inscription/tomb
碑文；陵墓
牛津词典
a monumental mason (= a person who makes monuments )
纪念碑石工
牛津词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...a series of monumental disappointments.
一连串的巨大失望
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...his monumental work on Chinese astronomy.
他关于中国天文学的不朽巨著
柯林斯高阶英语词典
I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.
我对高大的雕塑没什么兴趣。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
They are like human beings with marble poured over them, smooth, white, monumental.
象是活人身上敷了一层云石, 光滑 、 洁白 、 巍巍然.
辞典例句
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.
期刊摘选
This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil. But good will prevail.
这将是一场不朽的正义同邪恶的战斗. 但正义终会战胜邪恶.
期刊摘选
He also labored on a monumental equestrian statue in honor of Lodovico's father, Francesco Sforza.
与此同时,他还开始为洛多维科的父亲弗朗切斯科·斯福尔扎雕刻一尊巨型骑马塑像.
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The Taylor shooting claimed innocent lives and caused monumental suffering to the victims'families and friends.
泰勒开枪杀害的是无辜的生命,给受害者的家人和朋友造成了莫大的痛苦.
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Monumental heritage appears after them.
纪念碑的遗产在他们之后出现.
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Passing bells and sculpted angels, cold and monumental.
消逝的钟声与天使雕像, 冰冷且不灭的.
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Although the buildings in the Forum appear Greek in style, they are more monumental and immense.
虽然[罗马]广场上的建筑显现出希腊风格, 它们却更加高大雄伟.
期刊摘选
Alberti was one of the first to use the arch on a monumental.
阿尔贝蒂是第一个使用拱上一座丰碑.
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MONASTERY - HOSPITAL Construction began around 1515 on this monumental building, which features a Spanish Plateresque fa ? ade.
这座不朽的建筑始建于1515年, 西班牙风格的建筑物正面带有复杂的花叶形装饰.
期刊摘选
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.
辞典例句
It was positively monumental.
这非常雄伟.
期刊摘选
Paisal's palace was on a monumental scale.
费萨尔的宫殿十分宏伟壮观.
辞典例句
They are arguing about the document of the monumental i argument.
