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formidable

【发音】

美 /'fɔrmɪdəbl/ 英 /'fɔːmɪdəbl/

【翻译】

  1. adj. 可怕的, 令人敬畏的; 难以克服的, 难对付的

    英释:very powerful or impressive, and often frightening

【记忆】

for + mid(看作mad) + able → 为此而疯的 → 可怕的

【例句】

  1. The building is grey, formidable, not at all picturesque.

    那幢建筑呈灰色,气势凛然,与漂亮沾不上边。

  2. The new range of computers have formidable processing power.

    该系列的新型计算机处理能力惊人。

【真题例句】

  1. (2009.6 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...A formidable wall of bureaucracy has been erected to protect their prime nesting on the Atlantic coastlines...

【单词相关测试】

  1. Among all the changes resulting from the ______ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.

    A. massiveB. quantitativeC. surplusD. formidable

【同、近义词】

  1. adj.强大的;可怕的;令人敬畏的;艰难的

    powerful/terrible/august/horrible/

【同根词】

  1. adv

    formidably : 强大地;难对付地;可怕地

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