| 单词 | prodigious |
| 释义 | prodigious (prədɪdʒəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Something that is prodigious is very large or impressive. [literary] This business generates cash in prodigious amounts. He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory. Synonyms: huge, giant, massive, vast prodigiously adverb [ADVERB with verb] She ate prodigiously. Collocations: prodigious ability There are no grounds for criticising a company for success and a prodigious ability to generate profits. Times, Sunday Times That legend was built not simply on his truly exceptional skills but on the fact that their appearance coincided with the prodigious abilities of others. The Times Literary Supplement Along with his prodigious abilities as a journalist, colleagues speak of his integrity, his honesty and sensitivity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They communicated telepathically, and had other prodigious abilities to assimilate into other cultures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They faced a prodigious amount of work and the odds were against them. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The 6.5 million Irishman has been playing up front on his own and goes through a prodigious amount of work. The Sun (2010) Let's just say that one thing all these women must have in common is a prodigious amount of energy. Times, Sunday Times (2011) To this work he brought a clear, logical mind, prodigious energy and a very considerable knowledge. Times, Sunday Times (2006) But his insatiable curiosity was matched by prodigious energy. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He was a man of prodigious energy. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Associates were often taken aback by his prodigious memory for minutiae. Times, Sunday Times Her prodigious memory made her a formidable adversary in debate. Times, Sunday Times You also needed to be consistent, for he had a prodigious memory for how you had answered a similar question last time. Times, Sunday Times He was also known for his encyclopaedic reading, prodigious memory and encouraging mentorship of colleagues worldwide. Times,Sunday Times Although modest about her achievements she had a prodigious memory for where and when each of the specimens for her illustrations was collected. Times, Sunday Times In its prime, this was a great police procedural show made with both amazing quality and prodigious quantity. Times, Sunday Times This left a prodigious quantity of uranium as a waste product, since it takes three tonnes of uranium to extract one gram of radium. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the process they release prodigious quantities of energy and inject geochemistry and microbial life into the oceans on a planetary scale. Times, Sunday Times His food journalism was more about eating prodigious quantities than about ingredients or cooking them. The Times Literary Supplement To engage in the race as a serious player, miners invest an enormous amount of computing power and use prodigious quantities of electricity in the hope of an eventual payoff. The Times Literary Supplement Round by round, it has been an impressive but often tempestuous year for this prodigious talent. Times, Sunday Times From the age of 3 he showed a prodigious talent for drawing. Times, Sunday Times You often see those with prodigious talent not always working as hard at their game as those with less natural ability. Times, Sunday Times And on this showing there would be no shortage of top-flight clubs willing to pay top dollar to take this prodigious talent off their hands. The Sun The volatile balance between prodigious talent and a capacity for self-destructiveness isn't restricted to the sphere of high politics. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 巨大的 Japanese: 巨大な |
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