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    Fairly large — big enough to be noticeable or important, though not necessarily huge. People use it to how big something is, sounding a little more modest than just saying 'huge' or 'enormous' — a sizable amount of money, a sizable crowd.

    相當大的;不小的

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成size + -able (though here it doesn't mean 'able to be sized' — it just means 'of a good/large size').

原始詞典資料1 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。

sizableadj/ˈsaɪzəbəl/

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    Fairly large.

    • He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.
    • A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.

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