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stupendousness

/stoo-pen-duhs, styoo-/US // stuˈpɛn dəs, styu- //UK // (stjuːˈpɛndəs) //

惊呆了,惊呆症,惊愕,惊呆

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
    • : amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information.

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Examples

  • Perhaps the stupendous feats that we’ve just witnessed in Tokyo might inspire thousands of newly minted trackheads to tune in to next year’s World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

  • I had reserved afternoon tea at the stupendous Claridge’s hotel.

  • Even though it was obvious that I wasn’t going to produce anything stupendous on the day, I was still able to accelerate on the downhills.

  • The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document.

  • On that stupendous pile, he paid a tax rate which struck people as absurdly low.

  • Antony Polonsky's The Jews in Poland and Russia is a stupendous - almost crushing - work of scholarship.

  • It was to protect this stupendous asset that the South went to war.

  • The question remains: can you call yourself a success if results are respectable rather than stupendous.

  • Longcluse looked animated—smiling; but a stupendous load lay on his heart.

  • Had this stupendous miracle no effect upon the Jewish priests who had crucified Christ as an impostor?

  • It is protected by a stupendous granite breakwater, costing many millions and affording a delightful promenade on a fine day.

  • The creation of this world is the most stupendous of all miracles; yet all men admit that this miracle occurred.

  • The progress of philosophy from Thales to Plato is the most stupendous triumph of the human intellect.