enormous

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ Something that is enormous is extremely large in size or amount. 巨大的
The main bedroom is enormous. 主臥室大極了。
2. ADJ You can use enormous to emphasize the great degree or extent of something. (程度、范圍) 極大的[強調(diào)]
It was an enormous disappointment. 這是件令人極為失望的事。
3. enormouslyADV 極其地
This book was enormously influential. 這本書影響極大。

She's put an enormous pile of papers on my desk and I haven't a clue what to do with them.
The post-war government had the enormous task of reconstructing the city .
She showed enormous courage when she rescued him from the fire .
They cut enormous blocks of stone out of the hillside .
He ran up an enormous phone bill by ringing up chatlines all the time .