colossal

单词colossal

基本解释

adj.: 巨大的；庞大的
网络: 异常的；巨像；巨型

权威解释

• 巨大的；庞大的:

  extremely large

英汉解释

• 异常的,异乎寻常的

• 〔口语〕异常的,非常的

• 极猛烈的,艰巨无比的

• 巨像(似)的;巨大的,庞大的

• 巨大的,粗大的,庞大的,庞大无比的

单词搭配

• Adj.+n.:

  colossal scale,colossal mistake,colossal task,colossal statue

同义词

adj.hugemassiveimmensegiganticoversize

反义词

adj.tiny

例句

• It was as if Mr Brown thought the ailing economy would yield to an act of governmental will, if only it were colossal enough.

  布朗先生似乎认为出了问题的经济可以催生出一个符合政府心愿的法案，只要政府的心愿够大。

• He took it for a hill looming above a wooded island, or some colossal rock overgrown with moss and ferns and hidden by the fog.

  他当它是一座隐于长满树木的岛屿上的小山，或者一块被雾隐藏的长满了青苔和蕨类的巨石。

• And far from being ready to take on the globe, most emerging-market bankers are consumed by their colossal and growing businesses at home.

  大多数新兴市场银行专注于本国不断增长的巨大业务，远远没有准备好进军全球。

• It would be a colossal mistake if misguided assumptions, rhetoric and actions led to a dangerous and conflicted relationship.

  如果陷入误区，有关的假设、言辞与行动就会导致两国关系走到危险和发生冲突的地步，必然铸成大错。

• He does not know his letters, " he said to his cousin. "Could you believe in the existence of such a colossal dunce?

  “他不认识字，”他对他的表姐说。“你能相信会有这样的大笨蛋存在吗？”

• This colossal sculpture was one of a pair that guarded the entrance to the throne room of King Sargon II.

  这个庞大的雕塑是国王萨尔贡二世的宝座前的一对守护神之一。

• Alan Blinder, the former Federal Reserve vice-chairman, has called the decision to let the bank fail "a colossal error" .

  美联储（Fed）前副主席艾伦•布林德（AlanBlinder）将放任雷曼倒闭的决定称为“一个巨大的错误”。

• The insurrection had made of the centre of Paris a sort of inextricable , tortuous, colossal citadel.

  那次的起义把巴黎的中心地带变成了一种曲折错乱、叫人摸不清道路的巨大寨子。

• It turned out that Ponzi had never actually got around to buying many postal coupons and that it was all a colossal hoax.

  事后证明，庞茨事实上并未四处购买邮政息券，而这完全是一个巨大的骗局。

• Thompson: If you think it"s a colossal waste of time, and here"s why, in a ROWE it"s up to you to put that out there to the meeting manager.

  汤普森：如果你觉得那是对时间的极大浪费的话了。这也就是为什么，在实行“颠覆”的公司，要由员工来决定是否要把经理晾在那儿的原因了。