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 tremendous [tri'mendəs]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 巨大的, 非常的, 可怕的

  1. He's a tremendous talker.
    他是一个非常健谈的人。
  2. The play became a tremendous hit.
    这出戏极为轰动。


tremendous
[ adj ]
  1. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

  2. <adj.all>
    an enormous boulder
    enormous expenses
    tremendous sweeping plains
    a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology
    a plane took off with a tremendous noise
  3. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers

  4. <adj.all>
    a fantastic trip to the Orient
    the film was fantastic!
    a howling success
    a marvelous collection of rare books
    had a rattling conversation about politics
    a tremendous achievement
  5. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

  6. <adj.all>
    in a frightful hurry
    spent a frightful amount of money


Tremendous \Tre*men"dous\, a. [L. tremendus that is to be
trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See {Tremble}.]
Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or
terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible;
dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a
tremendous shock or fall.

A tremendous mischief was a foot. --Motley.

Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible;
awful.
-- {Tre*men"dous*ly}, adv. --
{Tre*men"dous*ness}, n.

  1. A tremendous amount (of future research) will be built on it."
  2. "We have a tremendous bonding with these veterans," Timperi says. "There's a very strong sense of common experience.
  3. Nevertheless, he said that "I recognize you have been under tremendous pressure from throughout the country" and that some changes are inevitable.
  4. "We're also saving a tremendous amount of money," he says. "With `Mama's Family,' all we do is plug it into a tape machine.
  5. With almost any manufacturer the possibilities are tremendous and I guess that's why I'm very positive on the opportunity that exists for manufacturing in the U.S. and the Western world."
  6. The picture that emerges from all of this is one of the SEC as an ineffective, highly politicized agency that wastes a tremendous amount of resources in turf-grabbing.
  7. "It created tremendous pressures, appearing that the Louisiana district was trying to dictate its judgment," Cummings said.
  8. Operating profit rose 27 per cent to Pounds 2.67m, on sales of Pounds 13.5m, up 18 per cent. Mr Thompson said the group's new nitrogen generators were attracting 'tremendous' interest.
  9. "Eighteen of the first 20 contracts on this project went to union contractors," Drysdale said Sunday. "But they wanted it all. We gave them a tremendous amount of work on this project.
  10. Belgrade radio described the impact as "tremendous." Special rescue teams were trying to extricate passengers from the tangled mass of metal, the reports said without giving a cause of the accident.
  11. "There is tremendous market demand, both among the public and our customer companies, to have a fragrance that will do something to you," says Eugene Grisante, IFF chairman.
  12. Frank Ireton of the National Science Teachers Association, which is helping train science teachers who will bring their classes to the programs, said, "It's a tremendous interest-generator.
  13. More vivid than documentaries, more in-depth and reflective than nightly news, the "48 Hours" format has tremendous potential.
  14. Sea World has tremendous domestic appeal, too.
  15. "Perrier did a tremendous job getting into the market.
  16. Communist students and workers, young and old, are risking their lives for the tremendous freedoms so many of us have come to take for granted.
  17. The failure to oust Ne Win and his cronies despite the popular uprising has led to "certainly a tremendous mood of depression and disillusionment in the country," the Rangoon-based diplomat said.
  18. As the unprecedented jousting for power continues, Mazowiecki faces tackling Poland's tremendous economic problems _ a $39 billion foreign debt, chronic shortages of even basic foods and declining industrial production.
  19. Five directors sold shares recently, but the previous co-ordinated sales have been shrugged off by the market. William Baird, the textile group, has enjoyed a tremendous run since the announcement of results at the beginning of April.
  20. The senator says his chairmanship, together with the Agriculture appropriations subcommittee he also heads, add up to a tremendous opportunity to help this state.
  21. "Roy had a tremendous life.
  22. "Claycomo has become an excellent example of the tremendous progress we're making in developing a real sense of teamwork," Petersen said.
  23. We have shown tremendous restraint.'
  24. I think it always has tremendous glamour." Ustinov, winner of best supporting actor roles for "Spartacus" in 1960 and "Topkapi" in 1964, said the British and American film industries had always been important to each other.
  25. Young admits the venture is a "tremendous step of faith." "We're trying to address a need.
  26. "The calling of Dennis Eckersley would cause tremendous adverse publicity for his ball club and for himself and could have a substantial effect on his major league career and this season in particular.
  27. Though putting a film together requires tremendous single-mindedness of purpose, this complex process can benefit from the thoughtful outside voice.
  28. Silver praised Hockney's latest creation as "a tremendous achievement and a real development in the world of art." "I think Hockney has humanized technology and made it more intimate," he said.
  29. "There's going to be a tremendous push in job security," says Stan Marshall, the UAW vice president in charge of the Chrysler bargaining team.
  30. "You can leverage life insurance into tremendous estate tax savings," he says.
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