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profoundness

/pruh-found, proh‐/US // prəˈfaʊnd, proʊ‐ //UK // (prəˈfaʊnd) //

深刻性,深奥性,深度,渊博

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    pro·found·er, pro·found·est.

    • : penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
    • : originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being: profound grief.
    • : being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight.
    • : of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance: a profound book.
    • : pervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence.
    • : extending, situated, or originating far down, or far beneath the surface: the profound depths of the ocean.
    • : bending or passing far downward; low: a profound bow.
n.名词 noun
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    Literary.

    • : something that is profound.
    • : the deep sea; ocean.
    • : depth; abyss.

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Examples

  • A book of profound scientific and spiritual reflection, it recalls the works of Richard Powers and Marilynne Robinson, though it’s anything but derivative.

  • It’s the perfect book to read as we try to make our way through this period of deep and profound uncertainty.

  • The potential damage goes beyond psychological impact, to profound physical and social consequences.

  • Experts describe ongoing conflict, financial stress, and profound anxiety in the dental industry.

  • It takes your breath away how profound that impact was to the business…What we do know is the virus will get behind us.

  • Profoundness in their apprehension and glorifying of everyday things (fire, agriculture).

  • In patristic study he may have stood beneath Luther; in originality and profoundness of thought he was certainly inferior to More.

  • He expatiated with great profoundness and fertility of ideas, on the uses to which a faculty like this might be employed.

  • It is an idea by no means calculated to impress by its greatness, or to puzzle by its profoundness.

  • There was a profoundness, a capacity for hellishness in their expression which scarcely belonged to a sanely-balanced mind.