monumental
monumental 英 [ˌmɒnjuˈmentl] 美 [ˌmɑnjuˈmentl]
adj. 不朽的；纪念碑的；非常的
This book is a monumental work worthy of China's new cultural movement. 这部著作不愧为中国新文化运动的丰碑。
It was a monumental moment for me as it was the first iceberg I have seen. 对我来说，这是一个值得纪念的时刻，因为这是我第一次见到冰山。
- Whether it's a monumental effort requiring vast amounts of strength or a monumental cruise ship with eleven floors and five sets of elevators, the word monumental describes something imposing or massive in size.
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- adj. 不朽的；纪念碑的；非常的
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1. This book is a monumental work worthy of China's new cultural movement.
这部著作不愧为中国新文化运动的丰碑。
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2. It was a monumental moment for me as it was the first iceberg I have seen.
对我来说，这是一个值得纪念的时刻，因为这是我第一次见到冰山。
- monumental (adj.) c. 1600, "pertaining to a monument," from Late Latin monumentalis "pertaining to a monument," from monumentum (see monument). From 1650s in the loose sense of "vast, stupendous." Related: Monumentally.
monu·men·tal / ˌmɒnjuˈmentl ; NAmE ˌmɑːnjuˈmentl / adjective 1 [usually before noun ] very important and having a great influence, especially as the result of years of work 重要的；意义深远的；不朽的 SYN historic ◆ Gibbon's monumental work ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ 吉本的不朽著作《罗马帝国衰亡史》 2 [only before noun ] very large, good, bad, stupid, etc. 非常大（或好、坏、蠢等）的 SYN major ◆ a book of monumental significance 一本意义非凡的书 ◆ We have a monumental task ahead of us. 极其繁重的工作在等着我们。 ◆ It seems like an act of monumental folly. 这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。 3 [only before noun ] appearing in or serving as a monument 作为纪念碑的；纪念碑上的 ◆ a monumental inscription/tomb 碑文；陵墓 ◆ a monumental mason (= a person who makes monuments) 纪念碑石工 monu·men·tal / ˌmɒnjuˈmentl ; NAmE ˌmɑːnjuˈmentl /
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