prodigious

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pro·di·gious /prəˈdɪdʒəs/ adjectiveadj [usually before noun]

POWERvery large or great in a surprising or impressive way 巨大的，庞大的，大得惊人的

prodigious amounts/quantities of something

Some galaxies seem to release prodigious amounts of energy.

一些星系似乎释放出巨大的能量。

the artist’s prodigious output

那位艺术家惊人的高产

—prodigiously adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

prodigious• It was designed by the prodigious bridge-builder, Thomas Bouch.• And as we all know from the great chemical fire of 1994, an unhappy Sprewell is a prodigious bummer indeed.• This was written in 1824 when the prodigious composer was only 15.• He fell in love, via a prodigious email correspondence, with another academic whom he had met fleetingly at a conference.• Building the bridge was a prodigious feat of engineering and finance.• He scored a try, dropped a goal and controlled the game with some prodigious kicking mixed with some beautifully balanced running.• The building was a prodigious limestone parthenon done in the early thirties in the Civic Moderne style.• He was noted for his prodigious memory, was deeply religious, and a staunch advocate of temperance.• Fund-raisers used fears of destruction to raise the prodigious sums that fueled the entire machine.

prodigious amounts/quantities of something• A major tsunami will deposit broken trees near the high-water mark and move prodigious amounts of sediment.

pro·di·gious adjectiveadj

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14631 COCA: 14195

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Deserving praise, respect and admiration: sick, respected, praiseworthy...

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