| 释义 |
monumentalmon‧u‧ment‧al /ˌmɒnjəˈmentl◂ $ ˌmɑː-/ adjective   - a monumental temple
- Darwin published his monumental work on evolution in 1859.
- It was a monumental task.
- The concert was a monumental embarrassment.
- At the same time, a monumental struggle was going on in the state and federal courts.
- But what a monumental place in the history of publicity she has.
- He was also in the huge orchestra which recorded and toured performing Charles Mingus's monumental composition Epitaph.
- Nor will it suffice simply to survey the mass of habits and rituals involved in the monumental institution of the Empire.
- Of course, the statue of Michael Jackson, too, is a monumental advertising campaign.
- The costs, of course, were monumental.
- The Foreign Secretary opened his speech by referring to the monumental events that now surround us.
- The pharaohs lived in mud palaces but were buried in monumental stone edifices.
► Architecturearcade, nounarch, nounarchitect, nounarchitecture, nounatrium, nounbailey, nounbastion, nouncampanile, nouncapital, nouncaryatid, nouncloistered, adjectivecolonial, adjectiveconservationist, nounCorinthian, adjectivecornice, noundolmen, noundome, noundomed, adjectiveDoric, adjectivefloor plan, nounflying buttress, nounfolly, nounGeorgian, adjectiveGothic, adjectiveground plan, nounIonic, adjectivemodernism, nounmonolith, nounmonument, nounmonumental, adjectiveNorman, adjectiveobelisk, nounopen-plan, adjectivepedestal, nounpediment, nounperistyle, nounpitched, adjectiveplinth, nounplot, nounportico, nounquadrangle, nounrambling, adjectiverampart, nounrococo, adjectiveRomanesque, adjectivescreen, nounspan, nounsplit-level, adjectivesquare, nounstonework, nounterrace, nountracery, nountransept, nountruss, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounvestibule, noun ► a huge/monumental error (=very serious)· It was a monumental error to attack from the north. ► monumental sculpture (=built as a monument)· the monumental sculpture of ancient Greece NOUN► sculpture· It is, however, for his accomplished monumental sculpture that William Stanton is best known.· Eighty-six ceramic works, ranging from dinner plates to monumental sculptures, which Miró realised with the collaboration of Josep Artigas.· Made of bronze, brass and stainless steel, it is the artist's largest, most monumental sculpture to date. ► task· Those are monumental tasks, but they are imaginative ones.· It is a monumental task, performed through thousands upon thousands of finicky observations and measurements.· If you don't know who that audience is then you really do have a monumental task in front of you.· This isn't such a monumental task but for the arrival of another 150,000 visitors who have exactly the same plans! ► work· It's a truly monumental work, at an unbeatable price.· Five more years would see the publication of the first volume of the most monumental work the Galaxy had ever conceived.· The standard has been set by Penny's monumental work, and he is to be heartily congratulated for his achievement.· It is a monumental work, the two movements staking up 50 minutes of beautiful music of true Tchaikovsky tunefulness. 1[usually before noun] a monumental achievement, piece of work etc is very important and is usually based on many years of work:  a monumental contribution to the field of medicine Charles Darwin’s monumental study, ‘The Origin of Species’2[only before noun] extremely large, bad, good, impressive etc: Banks and building societies were yesterday accused of monumental incompetence. a monumental task There was a monumental traffic jam on the freeway.3[only before noun] relating to a monument or built as a monument: a monumental arch |