gargantuan

adj.

1. 巨大的；庞大的
   extremely large
   1. a gargantuan appetite/meal
      食欲极佳；丰盛的大餐

1. ADJ-GRADED 巨大的；庞大的
   If you say that something is gargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
   1. ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.
      大规模的促销活动
   2. ...a gargantuan corruption scandal.
      骇人听闻的腐败丑闻

1. Netflix ( NFlx) and Samsung are currently working to trim gargantuan files.
   Netflix和三星目前正研究如何压缩视频文件。
2. Holding on to that asset, however, has proved to be a gargantuan headache.
   不过，持有这项资产却令福布斯家族头疼不已。
3. Twenty years later, La Salada is a gargantuan beast.
   20年后，LaSalada成了一头巨兽。
4. That is a gargantuan challenge.
   这是一个巨大的挑战。
5. Welles gives us a portrait of a gargantuan man of unlimited ambitions and appetites, whose excesses outran his resources.
   威尔斯为我们塑造了一个拥有无尽野心和欲望的巨人形象，他所挥霍的远超过他所拥有的。
6. That gargantuan sum of money is what central banks around the world have spent in recent years as they have tried to stimulate their economies and fight financial crises.
   世界各国的央行近些年来花了这么大一笔钱，努力刺激经济，对抗金融危机。
7. The space is dominated by a gargantuan console teeming with hundreds of buttons and knobs. It looks like the kind of device that, were you to flip the wrong switch, would accidentally launch a drone strike on Palm Springs.
   房间里矗立着一台布满了几百个按钮和旋钮的巨大控制台，那架势好像一弄错开关，就会不小心对棕榈泉（PalmSprings）发起一场无人机打击一样。
8. This is a gargantuan goal, and Mr. Tetrick concedes that the company isn't close to achieving it.
   这是一个宏伟的目标，蒂特里克也承认，他的公司还没有接近实现这一目标。
9. Gargantuan aurora's with no solar wind?
   巨大的极光会没有太阳风？
10. Finally, despite our gargantuan team-effort, the data we gathered, and made available to the public is but a snapshot.
    最后，尽管我们的庞大团队的努力，我们收集的数据，并提供给公众，但一个快照。
11. The gargantuan peculiarities of his personal life will fade in memory while his songs continue to ring out afresh.
    他个人生活方面惊人的怪异之处将逐步淡出人们的记忆，而他的歌曲将继续飘扬在我们的耳边。
12. This is a principle Chuck Prince, former head of Citi, for example, appears to have practised ( perhaps because there was no alternative, given Citi's gargantuan size).
    这似乎是花旗前首席执行官查克•普林斯（ChuckPrince）曾经秉持的一个原则（考虑到花旗的巨大规模，这也可能是因为他别无选择）。
13. The presidency has become a gargantuan enterprise in which media-star leaders are surrounded by a permanent campaign apparatus.
    美国总统这一职位已经成为了一个庞大的企业单位，固定不变的竞选机制困扰了其中被媒体所追捧的领导人。
14. Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.
    天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物。
15. Jordan came back because of his immense love for the game and his gargantuan thirst for challenge.
    乔丹复出是为了他对这项运动巨大的热爱和对挑战的巨大渴望。
16. Gargantuan asteroid to pass near earth this fall.
    大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过。
17. When it's finished, the gargantuan titanium-and-glass structure will appear to be floating on a man-made lake.
    在建成后，这个巨大的钛和玻璃组成的结构将看起来像漂浮在一个人工湖上。
18. There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.
    在这个巨大的水族箱里，有足够的活动空间让各种惊喜出现。
19. Convertibility of the currency is a gargantuan barrier.
    货币的可兑换性就是一个巨大的障碍。
20. This appears to be what Greece is doing embarking on a course of national suicide, thanks to a gargantuan sense of entitlement and dependency.
    这似乎就是希腊现在的状况，由于强烈的享有社会福利的权利感和依赖感，整个国家都走上了自杀的道路。
21. This is easier to achieve if the government curbs the growth of its gargantuan budget.
    如果政府能抑制其庞大预算的进一步增长，这个目标会更容易实现。
22. Upon entering, my ears immediately latched onto the catchy harp introduction of Britney Spears's "Everytime" pumping into the gargantuan main room.
    踏进餐厅，小甜甜布兰妮的“Everytime”这首歌正在偌大的正厅里播放着，我的耳朵立刻被这首歌前奏中竖琴的琴声给吸引了。
23. Many developing countries have gargantuan debts.
    许多发展中国家都负有巨额债务。
24. If you undertake this gargantuan political act while others are not, you bear all the political costs and reap none of the benefits.
    如果你启动了这一规模庞大的政治行动，而其他国家没有，你就得承担全部政治成本，并且不会收获其带来的任何好处。
25. Even the gargantuan Medes could not defeat them and the Greeks of Ionia suffered the same fate as the rest of Asia Minor.
    甚至庞大的米提亚人也无法击败他，希腊的殖民地爱奥尼亚也遭受了和小亚细亚一样的命运。
26. Perhaps this gargantuan pooch's owner from New Orleans should go easy on the treats?
    这条大狗来自新奥尔良的主人应该省着点用。
27. This technique serves to cut these gargantuan structures down to size, by deconstructing their status in contemporary Chinese society.
    这种技巧用于对这些高大建筑物进行切割，解构它们在中国当代社会中的地位。
28. Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least$ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.
    福尔克甚至说服耐克公司至少花了100万美元去推销乔丹，这在当时是一笔巨额款项。
29. My gargantuan, pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire, and that was all.
    我那庞大的、早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏，就这些。
30. If I could just be a bit less dumb, that would already be a gargantuan achievement for me.
    我是想说，如果我不要那麽聪明，能够少一点笨的话，那对我来说就是一个很大的成就。

adj

1. of great mass
   1. a jumbo jet
   2. jumbo shrimp

   Synonym:    elephantinegiantjumbo