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    Immense means extremely large — so large it can feel hard to take in: an immense country, an immense amount of work, an immense sky. It is a little stronger and a little more than huge, though people use it in speech too.

    Immense Immense means extremely large意思是極大——so large it can feel hard to take in大到讓人有點難以想像:an immense country, an immense amount of work, an immense sky像immense country(幅員遼闊的國家)、immense amount of work(龐大的工作量)、immense sky(遼闊的天空)。It它 is a little stronger and a little more bookish than huge比huge語氣更強一點,也比較書面,though people use it in speech too不過口語裡也會用

    The old Latin idea is 'not measured', the same family of thought as , but in today's English immense is just 'very, very big', not 'impossible to measure'.

    The old Latin idea古老的拉丁字義 is 'not measured'是「無法測量」,the same family of thought as immeasurable跟immeasurable是同一個字源家族,but in today's English不過在今天的英文裡 immense is just 'very, very big'immense就只是「非常非常大」,not 'impossible to measure'不是「無法測量」

    In informal British talk, though actually, immense can stretch into praise ('The gig was immense' = really good). That use is casual slang, not the meaning in a textbook or in careful writing. For class, keep it as a size word.

    In informal British talk在英式非正式口語裡,though actually不過事實上,immense can stretch into praise immense可以延伸當稱讚用('The gig was immense'「那場演出超讚的」 = really good意思是真的很棒)。That use這種用法 is casual slang是隨性的俚語,not the meaning in a textbook or in careful writing不是課本或正式寫作裡的意思。For class考試/上課的話 keep it as a size word就把它當成大小的字來用

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成From Latin immensus: in- (not) + mensus (measured) — so large it was 'not measured'.

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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

immenseadj/ɪˈmɛns/

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    Huge, gigantic, very large.

    • Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
    • As Elon Musk returns his focus to his businesses, one of his most important companies just had another setback: A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in an immense fireball Wednesday during a routine ground test.
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    Supremely good.

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    Major; to a great degree.

    • The gallant young Indian dandies at home on furlough—immense dandies these—chained and moustached—driving in tearing cabs […]

immensenoun/ɪˈmɛns/

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    Immense extent or expanse; immensity.

    • The half of Asia is my prison-house, Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense— I look with terror to my crowning day.
    • The events that took place in the immenses of the former USSR three years ago remind one about ancient rule of everyday life which is equally applicable both to daily routine and to politics: […]

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。