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sizable

/sahy-zuh-buhl/US // ˈsaɪ zə bəl //UK // (ˈsaɪzəbəl) //

具规模的,有规模的,具规模,可观的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of considerable size; fairly large: He inherited a sizable fortune.
    • : Obsolete. of convenient or suitable size.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.considerable, large

Examples

  • This marked a sizable departure from early July, when the pollster last asked this question — back then, 54 percent viewed the protesters as more peaceful, while only 31 percent viewed them as more violent.

  • That’s a sizable audience that represents a major opportunity, but it also means you’ll need to find a way to stand out from the crowd.

  • It’s keen to find sizable energy reserves to ease its heavy reliance on imports from Iran, Iraq and Russia, and support one of the biggest economies in the Middle East.

  • Under Melvin’s son, David, it is also becoming a sizable tenant.

  • Already, a sizable part of the population suspects vaccines are part of a plot.

  • A sizable number of Asian Americans feel that affirmative action, in college admissions or elsewhere, has hurt them personally.

  • Despite sizable immigration, the regional population growth rate has fallen below the national average.

  • His flaws are eclipsed by the sizable shadow of his strengths.

  • High-profile women like news anchor Joan Lunden and actress Linda Lavin have had to pay out sizable sums.

  • Defense Department officials initially suggested a sizable residual force, with estimates ranging from 16,000 to 24,000 troops.

  • When he fell in front of me, I noticed that there was quite a sizable slip of paper in his hand.

  • Half an hour of this seemed to Scattergood like the length of a sizable day—and then he remembered the milk.

  • Nevertheless, there was a sizable turnout of people for the afternoon performance.

  • I was a prisoner, and my prison was a room in a sizable farm-house with thick stone walls.

  • I found a variety of sizable trees but the kind which I principally pitched upon was the Barringtonia of Forster.