| 单词 | legendary |
| 释义 | legendary (once / 1277 pages) adj It's one thing to be famous. It's another thing altogether to be legendary, or like a legend. The Monkees were a famous band. The Beatles are legendary—for most people, they are almost mythical in their greatness. There are a couple of ways to become legendary, but, however you get there, you have to become a legend. The first way is to be better at something than anyone else ever was. Michael Jordan, for example, is a legendary basketball player. The other way is to be known—and yet remain mysterious—for a very long time. The legendary Loch Ness Monster, for example, is very well known for a creature that (almost?) no one has ever actually seen. WORD FAMILYlegendary: legendarily+/legend: legendary, legends USAGE EXAMPLESBut the founders also consciously rejected some of the less appealing aspects of life at Apple, like its legendary secrecy and top-down management style. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) "Legendary player," said fellow Ravens wide receiver Mike Wallace. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) This year’s Rose Bowl will feature a legendary comeback, no matter what happens on the field between USC and Penn State. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers Syn known apprehended with certainty 2adj celebrated in fable or legend legendary exploits of Jesse James Syn fabled unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria |
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