vast

英[vɑːst]美[væst]

adj.广阔的，巨大的，大量的，巨额的；

比较级：vaster;

*高级：vastest;

名词：vastness;

例句

The vast majority of the people rallied to the new government.大多数人民站在新*府一边。

Tom has made a vast improvement in his German.汤姆的德语有了很大的进步。

The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。

Ahead lay a vast expanse of wheat.前面是一大片小麦。

Our country's dominion is very vast.我国疆域辽阔。

Alexander held dominion over a vast area.亚历山大曾统治过辽阔的地域。

Vast areas of land have become desert.大片的土地已变成沙漠。

We have a vast expanse of cultivated land.我们有大片的耕地。

An individual is only a tiny grain in the vast sea;it is the masses of people that are the boundless ocean.个人只是沧海的一粟,人民群众才是无垠的大海。

Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。

英语六级真题

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not a big variable in the college's decision-making process.

The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship - simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor - is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country.

Democrats and Republicans can and will take sides on a number of issues, but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major policy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind

Smith's book serves as an excellent introduction to a vast subject, and will suggest plenty of further

However, scientists say that the scale of CO2 emissions will require vast amounts of long-term storage.

When they go on tour, they do a vast number of concerts, singing in smoky places.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable " suborbital " flights — brief ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness.

One was created in the Ross Sea in 2016, another reserve is being proposed in a vast area of the Weddell Sea, and a third sanctuary is under consideration in the area west of the Antarctic Peninsula—a key krill fishing area.

The millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable

The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

巨大的;广大的;广阔的

Something that is vast is extremely large.

例句

英汉词典释义

adj.

巨大的, 广大的, 广阔的, 大量的

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope;