| 单词 | profound |
| 释义 | profound (prəfaʊnd ) Word forms: profounder , profoundest 1. adjective You use profound to emphasize that something is very great or intense. [emphasis] ...discoveries which had a profound effect on many areas of medicine. ...profound disagreement. The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger. Anna's patriotism was profound. Synonyms: sincere, acute, intense, great profoundly adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective/-ed] This has profoundly affected my life. In politics, as in other areas, he is profoundly conservative. Synonyms: greatly, very, deeply, seriously [informal] 2. adjective A profound idea, work, or person shows great intellectual depth and understanding. This is a book full of profound, original and challenging insights. ...one of the country's most profound minds. Synonyms: wise, learned, serious, deep Collocations: profound expression You can't turn every shepherd's pie supper into a profound expression of your togetherness. Times, Sunday Times Or because an album strikes you as the most profound expression of a musician's art? Times, Sunday Times Transforming the debris of human activity into objects permeated with an elemental energy, a profound expression in which humour, pathos and the poetic all play their part. Times, Sunday Times They show a willingness to experiment with more progressive musical language and to abandon lyricism and charm for more profound expression. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This brash, often humorous, approach to art was at great odds with the prevailing sensibility that, by its nature, art dealt with profound expressions or ideas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Collectors and bibliophiles also learnt that behind the laughter was profound knowledge and wide reading. Times, Sunday Times He shows a profound knowledge of the country and its language. The Times Literary Supplement A profound knowledge of customer needs and aspirations, combined with this vision being the focus of all layers of management must be the answer. Times, Sunday Times Once the individual understands the system of profound knowledge, he will apply its principles in every kind of relationship with other people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He found it difficult to draw or paint something unless he had a profound knowledge of the subject. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All four of you have profound respect for your family life. Christianity Today Our inherited distrust of images led to a profound respect for the word — which perhaps explains our culture's deep joy in language. Times, Sunday Times We treat nouns and verbs with profound respect, knowing they are the building blocks of ideas. Christianity Today What this lacks in pace it gains in its profound respect for the subject. Times, Sunday Times She had real dignity throughout her last months, a profound respect at last for what her body, her self, could and could not do. Globe and Mail And yet there will be profound sadness, too. Times, Sunday Times But most of all what hit me was that profound sadness: two young lives had been stolen and families devastated. Times, Sunday Times I do so with profound sadness, but also with complete peace. Christianity Today Occasionally his profound sadness broke through. Times,Sunday Times She reluctantly tells the police psychiatrist about her profound sadness and a little later has a series of immensely funny exchanges with colleagues as she tries to discover her nickname. Times, Sunday Times Then the tattoo slipped back to a whisper, and a profound sense of calm washed over the auditorium. Times, Sunday Times It may be simple but it expresses a profound sense of hope. Times, Sunday Times Nobody else can make another person happy, in any profound sense. Times, Sunday Times This left him with a profound sense of emptiness and loneliness. Christianity Today Questions about what they realistically will achieve in the remaining years produce a profound sense of futility and pessimism. Christianity Today In the past few years, the global economy has gone through a profound shock. Times, Sunday Times The reality, when they encountered it, wasn't just a disappointment - it was a profound shock. Times, Sunday Times Defence reform has tended to follow from some profound shock, which exposed its causes with stark clarity. Times, Sunday Times People who have been earning around the average wage of £500-£600 a week are facing a profound shock; less than £100 in state support instead. Times,Sunday Times For both of them it was a moment of profound shock. Times, Sunday Times Insights of this sort have profound significance for the way we should think about the human genome, and its application to medicine. Times, Sunday Times Where once you'd have battled until you won, you now realise that much of what you'd regarded as of profound significance isn't really that important. Times, Sunday Times Overnight, their lives were freighted with profound significance. Times, Sunday Times Some of them, however, have profound significance, and we had one such last week. Times, Sunday Times That simple question came to have profound significance for him. Christianity Today For a few moments there was profound silence. Times, Sunday Times The address started, there arrived a profound silence. Times, Sunday Times These days, the only people who come here are schoolchildren, brought to pay their respects, and when they've gone, a profound silence envelops the village. Times, Sunday Times Several moments of profound silence followed after the last notes died away... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The solemn gloom of the place, its dark winding walks, and the profound silence that reigns around, make it a delightful solitude. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He confesses his sin, often with profound sorrow. Christianity Today The news will be received with profound sorrow in this country. Times, Sunday Times Our exultant joys and profound sorrows happen amid the detritus of the ordinary. Christianity Today This was an easy-to-wear take on utility-style clothing rather than a profound statement on democracy. Times, Sunday Times But any attempt to make a profound statement through dance (there's also voiceover text) doesn't work. Times, Sunday Times It was direct, powerful and funny and it made a profound statement about the nature of the society it was commenting upon. Times, Sunday Times In this sense, this film becomes a very profound statement and reflection of our own culture. Christianity Today Think about that simple but profound statement for a moment. Christianity Today Profound sympathy for the relatives of all who died in the 1982 war should not obscure that the conflict was clearly avoidable. Times, Sunday Times No one could feel anything other than profound sympathy for the families and friends of healthcare workers who have died from the virus. Times,Sunday Times The parents deserve only our most profound sympathy. Times, Sunday Times As in all his work, he blends painstaking research with vivid writing, profound sympathy, and a canny eye for evidence. The Times Literary Supplement Its routine presence in moments of crisis, deep emotion or profound thought proves its resilience and its essential, believe it or not, popularity, even among the haters. Times, Sunday Times You don't have time to think profound thoughts. Times, Sunday Times It appeals to one of our most childish fascinations - watching shadows move - as well as triggering the most profound thoughts about time and existence. Times, Sunday Times Some of the greatest composers invested their most profound thoughts in chamber music. Times, Sunday Times Profound thoughts can intrude on the most stressful moments. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, it provides an important and largely painless insight into a profound transformation in psychology that has now seeped into all aspects of life to become a new orthodoxy. Times, Sunday Times Later in the novel, she undergoes a profound transformation, both physically and psychologically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was adopted partly in response to the profound transformation of the international community brought about by the decolonization process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using what he observed, he decided to make a profound transformation in his technique and practice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A far more profound transformation followed with the arrival of the railways, beginning in the late 1830s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Beyond the cynicism, there's a profound truth: when we admit our inadequacy, it helps forge a mutual ministry between pastor and people. Christianity Today Cleverly and precisely imagined, his harpsichord realisations could make even the most austere music speak with a profound truth. Times, Sunday Times This began to point to a more profound truth. Times, Sunday Times It felt as if we had just shared a profound truth. Times, Sunday Times But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Christianity Today A dark, disturbing novel, from a writer with a profound understanding of a dictatorship's inner workings. Times, Sunday Times From this work he gained his profound understanding of social injustice as well of the law's potential for falling into hypocrisy. Times, Sunday Times The most effective political leaders are also those who have a profound understanding of the historical process. Times, Sunday Times When it comes to the ingredients that make a great manager - passion, authority, leadership and a profound understanding of the game - he ticks just about every box. Times, Sunday Times There have been very few literary novels that have dealt interestingly with the world of finance, perhaps because very few literary novelists have a profound understanding of that world. The Times Literary Supplement They reveal a profound weakness. Times, Sunday Times I witnessed another profound weakness at the party conference last month. Times, Sunday Times In doing so, the victim of these snake bite suffer from profound weakness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Given the profound weaknesses of both candidates you would think he might be taken seriously as an alternative. Times, Sunday Times He had simple tastes, a singularly winning manner, deep sympathies, and profound wisdom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was known for his profound wisdom, sharp sense of humor, and musical gifts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Contactees have typically reported that they were given messages or profound wisdom by extraterrestrial beings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 深刻的 Japanese: 重大な |
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