prodigious

英 [prəˈdɪdʒəs] 美 [prəˈdɪdʒəs]

adj.  巨大的; 伟大的

TOEFLIELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14631 / COCA.14195



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 巨大的;伟大的
    very large or powerful and causing surprise or admiration
    1. a prodigious achievement/memory/talent
      惊人的成就 / 记忆力 / 才华
    2. Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.
      激光磁盘能够贮存大量信息。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 巨大的;庞大的;大得惊人的
    Something that is prodigious is very large or impressive.
    1. This business generates cash in prodigious amounts...
      这种业务收益丰厚。
    2. He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.
      他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

双语例句

  1. This business generates cash in prodigious amounts
    这种业务收益丰厚。
  2. He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.
    他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。
  3. Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.
    激光磁盘能够贮存大量信息。
  4. Five hundred pounds would be a prodigious increase to their fortunes!
    绘她们一人五百镑,她们也够发大财的了。
  5. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
    所以,让自由的回声响彻新罕布什尔州连绵不绝的山头吧!
  6. I wonder if even the most prodigious givers can explain what those needs are.
    我怀疑,就连最热心的捐赠者都无法解释,这些需求到底是什么。
  7. These last words produced a prodigious effect on the seamen.
    这最后的几个字在海员们身上发生了一种不可思议的影响。
  8. Instead, his interest in things was prodigious and trumped only by his interest in himself.
    相反,他对事物兴趣巨大,唯一能超越它的,是他对自己的兴趣。
  9. We have all come across students with a prodigious analytical ability but who lack the emotional intelligence to be leaders.
    我们都遇到过具备惊人分析能力但缺乏情商的学生变成领导者。
  10. It found us in a prodigious valley, strewn with rocks and where ran a foaming river.
    我们发现是处身在一个大得可怕的山谷中了,东一堆西一堆的岩石,还有一条汹涌的河流。
  11. Prodigious squandering ( usually by a government).
    巨大的浪费(通常是指政府)。
  12. But hardest to value of all is how Mr Buffett allocates the prodigious cash flow from these holdings.
    但最难估值的,是巴菲特如何配置这些持仓产生的巨额现金流。
  13. Isaac Asimov, the prodigious popularizer of science, reacts hotly to the Jastrow book.
    多产的科普作家艾撒克·阿西莫夫对贾斯特罗的书提出了强烈的批评。
  14. He is a prodigious hunter.
    他是一个非凡的猎人。
  15. The prodigious two: Academic and extra-curricular achievement is important, but communication skills and personality are a must!
    说一不“二”:学术成就和课外活动固然重要,但是人际交往和个性培养是必须的!
  16. No one can deny the fact that network has brought us prodigious challenges and opportunities.
    没有人能否认网络给教育带来了很大的挑战和机遇。
  17. Someone said that Bush's political base was built on twin platforms: his Rangers celebrity and the prodigious campaigning he had done for his father throughout Texas in1980,1984,1988 and1992.
    有人说,小布什的政治基础是建立在两个跳板上的:他的“骑警队”的名气和他于1980年、1984年、1988年和1992年在得州为他父亲所做的大量竞选工作。
  18. He was intelligent and precocious and endowed with a prodigious memory.
    他聪明和早慧,记忆力惊人。
  19. He had a prodigious appetite for both women and drink.
    他对女人和酒有种强烈的欲望。
  20. A continuous flow of energy is supplied to the photosphere to make good the prodigious losses by radiation.
    有一种连续不断的能流供给光球,以弥补辐射造成的巨大损耗。
  21. Three years is a long wait to see Taiwan's prodigious son in concert.
    等了三年才在演唱会见到台湾巨子。
  22. That spurred a great deal of cross-border borrowing that fed prodigious construction booms in Spain and Ireland.
    这催生了大量的国际借贷行为,使得西班牙和爱尔兰的房地产泡沫吹得惊天的大。
  23. She was a prodigious musician.
    她是一个不同凡响的音乐家。
  24. Deciduous broadleaf trees and shrubs occupy prodigious proportion;
    落叶阔叶乔木与落叶阔叶灌木在群落中占很大的比例;
  25. In recent months, he has devised an algorithmic approach to face recognition that has produced prodigious results.
    近几个月来,他设计出了一个在人脸识别领域产生重大影响的算法。
  26. I was impressed by his prodigious talent.
    他那过人的才干给我留下了深刻的印象。
  27. Windows and Office still produce prodigious cash flow.
    Windows和Office仍在产生巨大的现金流。
  28. A prodigious hunger for resources has long moulded Chinese foreign policy.
    长期以来,对能源的巨大需求,一直在影响着中国的外交政策。
  29. Did you know that fruit flies reproduce at a prodigious rate?
    你知道果蝇有很强的繁殖率吗?
  30. We are all overwhelmed by his prodigious memory.
    我们都被他那惊人的记忆力折服了。