enormous
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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It was an enormous task that affected every stratum of society
这是一项影响到社会各阶层的重大工作。
It's like one enormous street carnival here.
这就像是一场盛大的街头狂欢节。
They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy
他们遭逢了巨大的个人不幸。
An enormous grin spread across his face
他咧着大嘴笑了。
She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics
她用薄薄的黑色织物裹住了自己硕大的身躯。
If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous
如果这些材料能够普遍用于光学产业，那么这一突破带来的收益将非常巨大。