enormous
enormous
英[ɪˈnɔːməs]美[ɪˈnɔːrməs]
adj.巨大的，极大的；
例句
When they saw his enormous house and flash car they looked at each other, both thinking ‘Where there’s muck there’s brass.’他们两人看到他的巨宅和豪华汽车，会意地互相看了一眼，心里想：“谁干脏活谁挣钱。”
The Beatles always pulled in enormous crowds.披头士乐队总能吸引大批的人群。
The enormous fish snapped the line.一条大鱼咬住了线。
an area of enormous importance for wildlife对野生动植物极为重要的地区
We have enormous reserves of oil still waiting to be tapped.我们有巨大的石油矿藏在等待开发。
The expenses came to an enormous sum.开支总数巨大。
This new invention has an enormous sales potential.这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力。
The half hour lecture caused an enormous furor.那半小时的演讲引起了极大的轰动。
The building scheme comes as an enormous boon for the building industry.该建筑方案为建筑业带来巨大的好处。
He is a man of enormous size and terrifying aspect.他是一个面目狰狞的彪形大汉。
英语六级真题
Even Africa and the Middle East, home to economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports, have enormous potential to develop renewables.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文According to geologists' estimates, Antarctica has enormous reserves of oil and natural gas.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Devils Tower, the first national monument in America, could almost be mistaken for the stump of an enormous tree.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Enormous opportunities also lie with e-waste.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BEven Africa and the middle East, home to economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports, have enormous potential to develop renewables.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BStress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost may be enormous.
2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BThe big benefit will not only be in the housing of this enormous and rapidly growing amount of data, but will also be in the ability to run real time data analytics to extract actionable and ongoing knowledge.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
巨大的;极大的;很多的
Something that is enormous is extremely large in size or amount.
例句
The main bedroom is enormous...主卧室非常大。There is, of course, an enormous amount to see.当然有很多可看的。ADJ
（范围、程度）极大的
You can use enormous to emphasize the great degree or extent of something.
例句
It was an enormous disappointment.真是让人万分失望。...his enormous capacity for brutality.他的穷凶极恶英英词典释义
Adjective
1. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree;
"an enormous boulder""enormous expenses""tremendous sweeping plains""a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman"a plane took off with a tremendous noise"
