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单词 superhuman
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Definition of superhuman in English:

superhuman

adjective ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmənˌsupərˈ(h)jumən
  • Having or showing exceptional ability or powers.

    the pilot made one last superhuman effort not to come down right on our heads
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Why else have they honed their fighting ability to such superhuman levels if not to kill?
    • One disappointment is that a few of his stunts have been enhanced by special effects, meaning that some of the superhuman moves are really beyond human ability.
    • The humans will look, talk and act as regular humans, but will be gifted with superhuman abilities.
    • However, the action seems to take place in a parallel world where one can have superhuman powers.
    • I'm beginning to think they're some sort of breed of genetically enhanced superhuman, or actually manic workaholic robots.
    • Did he think she had some superhuman powers that let her do everything at once?
    • Amazingly, they show no signs of exhaustion from the superhuman efforts of the previous night's show.
    • Their superhuman aiming abilities allow them to land perfectly aimed shots, even from strictly impossible distances, every single time.
    • A 15 year-old girl with superhuman powers destined to protect the world from the creatures of the night armed only with a pointy stick and aided by some painfully earnest wise-cracking friends?
    • He is a superhero with no superhuman powers; he's just unbelievably driven.
    • Soon, Ellie and Jimmy start displaying superhuman powers.
    • One night, Jeremy decides to test his father's superhuman powers.
    • This was a rare man, a master of pen and sword who plugged his own almost superhuman vigour into the power-source of revolutionary faith.
    • If the subject appears to have choice, autonomy, responsibility, and liberty, the power of superhuman forces looms just as large, and it is the conflict between the two that gives the drama its tragic dimension.
    • Their heroic scale, their superhuman beauty and power, and the swelling volume of their forms became part of Michelangelo's style, and through him part of Renaissance art in general.
    • I've always dreamed of three things: having amnesia, being a spy with superhuman abilities, and being one of those guys who walks around naked as a jaybird.
    • While you expect them to leap across rooms, tossing characters around like rag dolls with their superhuman powers, such abilities are instead reserved for boss enemies.
    • But I'm only one guy, albeit one with many superhuman abilities beyond those of mere mortal men, and clearly I can't play and review every game.
    • The English voice dub reflects this quality, with a superhuman effort put in by all the voice actors to make the roles hyper, authentic, and fun.
    • Throughout the whole of Ireland people are making superhuman efforts to encourage tolerance.
    Synonyms
    extraordinary, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, exceptional, great, immense, enormous, heroic, godlike, Herculean, remarkable

Derivatives

  • superhumanly

  • adverb
    • It was once regarded as a multisport braved only by the superhumanly fit.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We're going to do not only everything humanly possible, but even things superhumanly possible.
      • The film industry isn't just about acting, it's about looking superhumanly amazing.
      • He writes for ordinary readers who enjoy thrillers and detective fiction, showing them the ways in which one man's lifelong maladies were superhumanly translated into a life long in melodies.
      • It's just a fantastic example of his superhumanly obsessive grudge bearing.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin superhumanus (see super-, human).

 
 

Definition of superhuman in US English:

superhuman

adjectiveˌso͞opərˈ(h)yo͞omənˌsupərˈ(h)jumən
  • Having or showing exceptional ability or powers.

    the pilot made one last superhuman effort not to come down right on our heads
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, the action seems to take place in a parallel world where one can have superhuman powers.
    • Amazingly, they show no signs of exhaustion from the superhuman efforts of the previous night's show.
    • I'm beginning to think they're some sort of breed of genetically enhanced superhuman, or actually manic workaholic robots.
    • Soon, Ellie and Jimmy start displaying superhuman powers.
    • Their heroic scale, their superhuman beauty and power, and the swelling volume of their forms became part of Michelangelo's style, and through him part of Renaissance art in general.
    • Did he think she had some superhuman powers that let her do everything at once?
    • But I'm only one guy, albeit one with many superhuman abilities beyond those of mere mortal men, and clearly I can't play and review every game.
    • He is a superhero with no superhuman powers; he's just unbelievably driven.
    • Why else have they honed their fighting ability to such superhuman levels if not to kill?
    • This was a rare man, a master of pen and sword who plugged his own almost superhuman vigour into the power-source of revolutionary faith.
    • I've always dreamed of three things: having amnesia, being a spy with superhuman abilities, and being one of those guys who walks around naked as a jaybird.
    • One night, Jeremy decides to test his father's superhuman powers.
    • Their superhuman aiming abilities allow them to land perfectly aimed shots, even from strictly impossible distances, every single time.
    • A 15 year-old girl with superhuman powers destined to protect the world from the creatures of the night armed only with a pointy stick and aided by some painfully earnest wise-cracking friends?
    • The humans will look, talk and act as regular humans, but will be gifted with superhuman abilities.
    • Throughout the whole of Ireland people are making superhuman efforts to encourage tolerance.
    • If the subject appears to have choice, autonomy, responsibility, and liberty, the power of superhuman forces looms just as large, and it is the conflict between the two that gives the drama its tragic dimension.
    • The English voice dub reflects this quality, with a superhuman effort put in by all the voice actors to make the roles hyper, authentic, and fun.
    • While you expect them to leap across rooms, tossing characters around like rag dolls with their superhuman powers, such abilities are instead reserved for boss enemies.
    • One disappointment is that a few of his stunts have been enhanced by special effects, meaning that some of the superhuman moves are really beyond human ability.
    Synonyms
    extraordinary, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, exceptional, great, immense, enormous, heroic, godlike, herculean, remarkable

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin superhumanus (see super-, human).

 
 
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