colossal
单词辨析：
含义很广，指体积、数量、程度方面极大的，但通常不用于重量。
The road was blocked by a huge rock.
道路被一块巨石堵住了。
The play was a huge success.
该剧获得巨大成功。
通常指体积或总量极大的。
It looked like a colossal statue.
它看上去像一个巨大的雕像。
He has gained colossal profit from the business.
他从生意中获取了巨额利润。
指尺寸或数量巨大的。
She has bought an enormous house.
她买了一幢大房子。
He saved up an enormous amount of money for his daughter.
他为女儿存了一大笔钱。
只作定语，指比其他同类事物大的。
They found a giant tortoise.
他们发现了一只巨龟。
That's a giant step for us to take.
这就是我们要跨出的一大步。
He is a manager of a giant electronics company.
他是一家特大型电子产品公司的经理。
指规格、数量或程度巨大的，含超出常规或预想之意。
This is the most gigantic pizza I've ever seen.
这是我见过的最大比萨饼了。
Those jewels are so gigantic a hundred men could not carry them.
那些大块的宝石一百个人都搬不动。
The gigantic task of reconstruction awaits them.
重建的艰巨任务等着他们去完成。
指体积、数量或程度等超过一般标准的。
It's almost impossible to find him in the immense ocean.
在无边无际的海洋中要找到他几乎是不可能的。
The value of the helicopter is immense. It can hardly be measured.
直升机的价值是无限的，几乎无法估量。
多指空间、面积、范围巨大的。
The vast plain stretches for 800 miles.
那片辽阔的平原绵延800英里。
There is a vast difference between them.
他们两人之间有着天壤之别。
The Pacific Ocean is a vast expanse of water.
太平洋是一片浩瀚的水域。
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There has been a colossal waste of public money
一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
Seeing these stone men reminds me of those colossal stone sculptures on Easter Island.
看到这些石人我想到了复活节岛上的那些巨型石雕。
Colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple;
古代神殿巨大的崩溃废墟；
And yet somehow, even amid this colossal torrent of imagery, the best pictures rise to the top.
不过，在这巨大的图像洪流中，最佳照片跃然而出。
I don't know how to tell you about my colossal mistake.
我犯了一个极大的错误，不知道怎么跟你说才好。
Yet that phrase came to haunt him as the boom years ended in recession and a colossal deficit.
然而，当繁荣结束，衰退和巨额赤字袭来，这种说法已成为困扰他自己的一个梦魇。