gargantuan

英[ɡɑː'ɡæntʃuən] 美[ɡɑːr'ɡæntʃuən]
  • adj. 巨大的;庞大的
GRE
Adjective:
  1. of great mass; huge and bulky;

    "a jumbo jet"
    "jumbo shrimp"

1. My gargantuan, pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire, and that was all.
我那庞大的 、 早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏, 就这些.

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2. Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least $ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.
福尔克甚至说服耐克公司至少花了100万美元去推销乔丹, 这在当时是一笔巨额款项.

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3. Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.
我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误.

来自电影对白

4. Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.
天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物.

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5. Gargantuan asteroid to pass near Earth this fall.
大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过.

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Convertibility of the currency is a gargantuan barrier.
      货币的可兑换性就是一个巨大的障碍。
    2. When it's finished, the gargantuan titanium-and-glass structure will appear to be floating on a man-made lake.
      在建成后,这个巨大的钛和玻璃组成的结构将看起来像漂浮在一个人工湖上。
    3. That may be a gargantuan figure for Ferrari, but we're hearing most of that production run is already spoken for.
      这可能是一个庞大的数字,法拉利,但我们听到的大部分生产运行已经谈到的。
    4. The preference is evident in the gargantuan New World Department Store in Shanghai's commercial heart.
      显然,人们首选的是位于上海商业中心庞大的新世界百货商场。

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