monumental

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. In the manner of a monument.
  2. Large, grand and imposing.
  3. Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
    — Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
  4. Relating to monuments.
    — Monumental construction.

词形变化

more monumental comparative most monumental superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
monumentalise monumentalism monumentality monumentalization monumentalize monumentally monumental mason monumental masonry premonumental unmonumental

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
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