considerable
- adj. 相当大的，相当重要的；（人）显要的，值得尊敬的
[ 比较级 more considerable 最高级 most considerable ]
专业释义英英释义
considerable [ kən'sidərəbl ]
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adj.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
"a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
considerable /kənˈsɪdərəbəl/ CET4 TEM4
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ADJ Considerable means great in amount or degree. 相当多的; 相当大的 [正式]
例：To be without Pearce would be a considerable blow.
要是缺了皮尔斯，那会是相当大的打击。
例：Doing it properly makes considerable demands on our time.
把这件事做得到位，要花我们相当多的时间。
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2.
considerably ADV 相当多地; 相当大地
例：Children vary considerably in the rate at which they learn these lessons.
孩子们学习这些课的速度差别相当大。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Damage to the building was considerable.
对这栋建筑物的损坏相当严重。
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She argued her case with considerable passion.
她相当激动地为自己的主张提出论据。
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The argument seemed to have considerable merit.
这个论点似乎有相当大的价值。
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The researchers found no considerable change in the number of heart attacks in areas near Pueblo without smoking bans.
VOA: special.2009.01.07
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He is personally responsible for the reforms, the opening up of Russia to a considerable extent to western European ideas.
他负起了改革的责任,即俄国对于西欧思想,如此大程度的开放
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Milton has expended, we know, a considerable amount of energy in establishing what he wants us, I am assuming, to believe is the divine authority behind the poem.
我们知道弥尔顿花费了，大量精力阐释他希望我们相信的东西，我设想，他要我们相信在这部诗篇的背后有无上神权的存在。
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