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.
giant巨大的, 高大的,giant用作名词的基本意思是“巨人,大力士”,可指童话故事中的巨人,也可指身材高大魁梧的人或巨物。引申还可指“杰出的人,卓越人物,大公司”
There was an enormous cat crouching on the counter.
Physics has made enormous progress in this century.
Long ago enormous animals lived on the earth.
She stood alone on the enormous stage.
She has an enormous capacity for hard work.
They overlooked the enormous risks involved.
他们忽略了暗含的巨大危险。
The enormous fish snapped the fly.
这条大鱼咬住了钓饵。
That is one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind.
对于个人来说那是小小的一步,但对于整个人类来说却是一次巨大的飞越。
Special cages are made to protect them from giant fish.
为了保护他们免受大鱼的侵袭,人们做了特制的笼子。
The giant shovel is biting off big chunks from the hill.
If the zoo has obtained another giant panda it's news to me.
A giant photograph of the actor hang in the foyer of the theatre.
He's the giant of (ie the tallest person) the family.
Their center seems to be a giant.
Three guys running into giant robots, yada yada.
The giant elm was not quite dead.
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