MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.
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adj. 壮丽的;伟大的,高尚的;华丽的,高贵的;瑰丽的;
💡 magn大+ ific的+ent…的 → 壮丽的,宏伟的
"The Taj Mahal is a magnificent building."
泰姬陵是一座宏伟的建筑。
近义:imposing, junoesque, kingly, lavish, majestic, majestical
反义:artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
adj. (级别、地位)较高的;(在质量等方面)较好的;(数量)较多的;上等的;
n. 上级;较好的人[事物],优胜者;修道院院长;方丈;
💡 super在上面+ior表形容词,较...的 →在上面的,超越的
"vastly superior"
强得多
近义:head, provost, chairman, chief, director, higher
反义:servient, subaltern, subordinate, understrapper, wo, sub
n. 观众,旁观者;
💡 spect看+ator人→看的人→观众
"A spectator threw the ball back to the players."
一个观众把球掷回给球员.
近义:onlooker, viewer, watcher, beholder, bysitter, bystander
accustomed
[ə'kʌstəmd]
adj. 习惯的;通常的;独有的;适应的;
v. 使习惯于(accustom的过去式和过去分词);
💡 ac 一再 + custom 习惯+ ed 表示“有...的”、“如...的”、“...的” → a.惯常的;习惯的
"We have got accustomed to living in an air - conditioned room."
我们对生活在有 空调 的房间里已习惯了.
近义:wonted, inured, used
反义:unacquainted, unconversant, uninitiated, unwonted
n. 华丽;壮丽;光辉;显赫;
💡 splend(shine)+or(名词后缀)→光辉;壮丽;卓越
"Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor."
他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面.
近义:lavishness, lucidity, luster, magnificence, ostentation, pageantry
反义:moderation, abstemiousness, abstinence, privation, soberness, sparingness
n. 伟大;宏伟,壮观;富丽堂皇;
"I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur."
我必须去消除你的傲气.
近义:apotheosis, impressiveness, magnificence, magnitude, majesty, splendor
反义:nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy