momentous 的定义
- of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
momentous 近义词
important; serious
更多momentous例句
- Far more momentous is the changing of the guard in the semiconductor industry.
- NBA All-Stars also staged a strike before tipoff in 1964, fighting for better working conditions for all players — a momentous event in the history of the sports labor movement.
- It might seem surprising to political junkies that something as momentous as the presidential election would have a much smaller predicted effect on the economy than schools reopening or Congress passing additional stimulus.
- While we celebrate the momentous occasion of women being granted the right to vote, we must also reflect on the work needed to ensure gender and racial equality.
- This momentous rise of commercialism was accompanied by large scale import of slaves from far and wide lands.
- He returned when she took on the Abner Louima case, which was as momentous in 1999 as the Michael Brown case in Ferguson is now.
- There is something mysterious and possibly momentous, indeed even disturbing, about this most recent story in the Times.
- It was, of course, a momentous book, in our memory and in its own time.
- Speaking of time flying by, you have an extremely momentous birthday coming up.
- Thirty years ago this week, Ronald Reagan made perhaps the most momentous decision of his presidency.
- These are few and verbal, but momentous, and were not made without consultation of many critical authorities and versions.
- Not one word did Mrs. Dodd utter for many days to her husband of her momentous conversation with the squire.
- Congress met, and during the debate on the momentous question—peace or war—the hitherto compact group of intransigents weakened.
- The king, however, soon forgot the neglect of etiquette in the momentous questions which were pressing upon his attention.
- It would be curious to investigate the feelings of princes on occasions so momentous to themselves and to their people.