剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - monumental collapse

monumental
[UK]/ˌmɒn.jʊ'men.təl/ [US]/ˌmɑ:n.jʊ'men.tˌəl/
adjective
* very big
巨大的

1. a monumental task
重大的任务

2. a monumental waste of time
时间的巨大浪费

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - monumental collapse

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1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词巨大的;极大的 You can use monumental to emphasize the size or extent of something.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

【语用信息】：emphasis

  • It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.

    当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。

  • ...a series of monumental disappointments.

    一连串的巨大失望

monumentally

  • Suddenly it was monumentally successful.

    突然间获得了极大的成功。

  • ...the most monumentally hideous night of my life.

    我生命里最可怕的一夜

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词(书或音乐)丰碑式的，意义深远的，不朽的 If you describe a book or musical work as monumental, you are emphasizing that it is very large and impressive, and is likely to be important for a long time.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

【语用信息】：emphasis

  • ...his monumental work on Chinese astronomy.

    他关于中国天文学的不朽巨著

3.ADJ 形容词高大的;威严的 A monumental building or sculpture is very large and impressive.

【搭配模式】：ADJ n

  • I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.

    我对高大的雕塑没什么兴趣。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - monumental collapse

monumental
monu·men·tal / 7mCnju5mentl; NAmE 7mB:n- / adjective1. [usually before noun] very important and having a great influence, especially as the result of years of work
   重要的；意义深远的；不朽的
   SYN  historic :
   Gibbon's monumental work 'The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire'
   吉本的不朽着作《罗马帝国盛衰史》
2. [only before noun] very large, good, bad, stupid, etc.
   非常大(或好、坏、蠢等)的
   SYN  major :
   a book of monumental significance
   一本意义非凡的书
   We have a monumental task ahead of us.
   极其繁重的工作在等着我们。
   It seems like an act of monumental folly.
   这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。
3. [only before noun] appearing in or serving as a monument
   作为纪念碑的；纪念碑上的:
   a monumental inscription / tomb
   碑文；陵墓
   a monumental mason (= a person who makes monuments )
   纪念碑石工

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - monumental collapse

monumental adj.
Monumental is used with these nouns: achievement, arch, challenge, inscription, proportion, scale, sculpture, task, undertaking

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - monumental collapse

monumental adj.
⇨ huge

新牛津英语同义词词典 - monumental collapse

monumental

adjective
1 a monumental task
HUGE , great, enormous, gigantic, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous, vast, prodigious, Herculean, titanic, gargantuan, staggering, exceptional, extraordinary; Brit. informal ginormous.

2 a monumental error of judgement
TERRIBLE , dreadful, awful, colossal, staggering, huge, enormous; catastrophic, unforgivable, indefensible; informal whopping; rare egregious.

3 the ballet is one of his most monumental works
IMPRESSIVE , striking, outstanding, remarkable, magnificent, marvellous, majestic, stupendous, prodigious, ambitious, large-scale, grand, awe-inspiring, awesome, important, significant, distinguished, classic, memorable, transcendent, exalted, unforgettable, enduring, lasting, abiding, permanent, immortal, historic, epoch-making.

4 a monumental inscription
COMMEMORATIVE , memorial, celebratory, commemorating, funerary.

词源记忆 - monumental collapse

monumental 不朽的，意义深远的
来自monument, 纪念碑。比喻用法。