【突破英文词汇】有关size, quantity“大小，数量”的词汇
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：突破英文词汇
英语课
1. gamut 1 /ˈgæmət/ n. 整个范围；全部
--entire range of anything from one extreme to another
After the test I thought at first I had done very well, then quite well, and finally, poorly. I ran the gamut from confidence to despair.
考试后起初我觉得自己考得很好，后来认为不错，最后是差劲。我经历了从自信到失望的整个过程。
2. iota 2 /aɪ'əʊtə/ n. 极小量；微小；一点儿
--(ninth and smallest letter of the Greek alphabet)very small quantity; infinitesimal amount; bit
If you make the same mistake again, despite all my warnings, I will not have one iota of sympathy for you.
如果你不顾我的警告再犯同样的错误，我一点也不会同情你了。
3. magnitude /ˈmæɡnitju:d/ n. 大小；重要性
--size; greatness; largeness; importance
Shopping for clothes can be a small matter for some, but a problem of the greatest magnitude for others.
逛街买衣服对某些人而言是小事一桩，但对某些人来说却是最重要的问题。
4. pittance 3 /ˈpɪtns/ n. 微薄的薪水；少量
--small amount; meager 4 wage or allowance
At those low wages, few will apply for the job. Who wants to work for a pittance?
很少人会去申请那个低薪的工作，谁想为一份微薄的薪水工作？
5. superabundance /ˌsu:pərəˈbʌndəns/ n. 极多；过多
--great abundance; surplus; excess
Our committee does't need any more help. We have a superabundance of helpers.
我们委员会不需要任何更多的援助，我们有很多帮手。
6. inflate 5 /ɪn'fleɪt/ vt. 使充气；使膨胀
--swell with air or gas; expand; excess
Since the ball has lost air, we shall need a pump to inflate it.
这个球漏气了，我们需要一个气筒打气。
7. colossal 6 /kəˈlɔsl/ adj. 巨大的
--huge; enormous; gigantic; mammoth 7; vast
The game will be played in a colossal sports arena 8 with a sitting capacity of more than 60,000.
这场球赛将在一个可容纳六万多人的巨型运动场里举行。
8. commodious 9 /kəˈməʊdiəs/ adj. 宽敞的
--spacious and comfortable; roomy; ample; not confining
Even during change of classes there is no crowding because the halls and stairways are commodious.
即使在换教室的时候也不拥挤，因为走廊和楼梯都很宽敞。
9. infinite /ˈinfinit/ adj. 无限的
--without ends or limits; boundless 10; endless; inexhaustuble
In our science lesson tomorrow we shall consider whether space is bounded or infinite.
明天的科学课上，我们将思考太空是有限的还是无限的问题。
10. infinitesimal /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtesɪml/ adj. 微小的
--so small as to be almost nothing; immeasurably small; very minute
If there is any salt in this soup, it must be infinitesinal. I can't taste it.
如果汤里有盐的话，也一定很少，我吃不出味道来。
11. inordinate 11 /ɪnˈɔ:dɪnət/ adj. 过度的
--much too great; not kept within reasonable bounds; excessive; immoderate
Frank kept my book for such an inordinate length of time that I shall never lend him anything again.
弗兰克借我的书借了那么久，我再也不借给他任何东西了。
12. picayune /ˌpɪkə'ju:n/ adj. 微小的
--concerned with trifling 12 matters; petty; small or little value
The trouble with your studying is that you spend too much time on picayune details and not enough on the really important matters.
你学习中存在的问题是在小细节上花的时间太多，而在真正重要的事情上所花的时间却不够多。
13. puny 13 /'pju:nɪ/ adj. 微不足道的
--slight or inferior in size, power or importance; weak; insignificant 14
The skycraper dwarfs 15 the surrounding buildings. By comparison to it, they seem puny.
这座摩天大楼使周围的建筑物相形见绌，相比之下，它们显得微不足道。
--entire range of anything from one extreme to another
After the test I thought at first I had done very well, then quite well, and finally, poorly. I ran the gamut from confidence to despair.
考试后起初我觉得自己考得很好，后来认为不错，最后是差劲。我经历了从自信到失望的整个过程。
2. iota 2 /aɪ'əʊtə/ n. 极小量；微小；一点儿
--(ninth and smallest letter of the Greek alphabet)very small quantity; infinitesimal amount; bit
If you make the same mistake again, despite all my warnings, I will not have one iota of sympathy for you.
如果你不顾我的警告再犯同样的错误，我一点也不会同情你了。
3. magnitude /ˈmæɡnitju:d/ n. 大小；重要性
--size; greatness; largeness; importance
Shopping for clothes can be a small matter for some, but a problem of the greatest magnitude for others.
逛街买衣服对某些人而言是小事一桩，但对某些人来说却是最重要的问题。
4. pittance 3 /ˈpɪtns/ n. 微薄的薪水；少量
--small amount; meager 4 wage or allowance
At those low wages, few will apply for the job. Who wants to work for a pittance?
很少人会去申请那个低薪的工作，谁想为一份微薄的薪水工作？
5. superabundance /ˌsu:pərəˈbʌndəns/ n. 极多；过多
--great abundance; surplus; excess
Our committee does't need any more help. We have a superabundance of helpers.
我们委员会不需要任何更多的援助，我们有很多帮手。
6. inflate 5 /ɪn'fleɪt/ vt. 使充气；使膨胀
--swell with air or gas; expand; excess
Since the ball has lost air, we shall need a pump to inflate it.
这个球漏气了，我们需要一个气筒打气。
7. colossal 6 /kəˈlɔsl/ adj. 巨大的
--huge; enormous; gigantic; mammoth 7; vast
The game will be played in a colossal sports arena 8 with a sitting capacity of more than 60,000.
这场球赛将在一个可容纳六万多人的巨型运动场里举行。
8. commodious 9 /kəˈməʊdiəs/ adj. 宽敞的
--spacious and comfortable; roomy; ample; not confining
Even during change of classes there is no crowding because the halls and stairways are commodious.
即使在换教室的时候也不拥挤，因为走廊和楼梯都很宽敞。
9. infinite /ˈinfinit/ adj. 无限的
--without ends or limits; boundless 10; endless; inexhaustuble
In our science lesson tomorrow we shall consider whether space is bounded or infinite.
明天的科学课上，我们将思考太空是有限的还是无限的问题。
10. infinitesimal /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtesɪml/ adj. 微小的
--so small as to be almost nothing; immeasurably small; very minute
If there is any salt in this soup, it must be infinitesinal. I can't taste it.
如果汤里有盐的话，也一定很少，我吃不出味道来。
11. inordinate 11 /ɪnˈɔ:dɪnət/ adj. 过度的
--much too great; not kept within reasonable bounds; excessive; immoderate
Frank kept my book for such an inordinate length of time that I shall never lend him anything again.
弗兰克借我的书借了那么久，我再也不借给他任何东西了。
12. picayune /ˌpɪkə'ju:n/ adj. 微小的
--concerned with trifling 12 matters; petty; small or little value
The trouble with your studying is that you spend too much time on picayune details and not enough on the really important matters.
你学习中存在的问题是在小细节上花的时间太多，而在真正重要的事情上所花的时间却不够多。
13. puny 13 /'pju:nɪ/ adj. 微不足道的
--slight or inferior in size, power or importance; weak; insignificant 14
The skycraper dwarfs 15 the surrounding buildings. By comparison to it, they seem puny.
这座摩天大楼使周围的建筑物相形见绌，相比之下，它们显得微不足道。
n.全音阶，(一领域的)全部知识
- The exhibition runs the whole gamut of artistic styles.这次展览包括了所有艺术风格的作品。
- This poem runs the gamut of emotions from despair to joy.这首诗展现了从绝望到喜悦的感情历程。
n.些微，一点儿
- There is not an iota of truth in his story.他的故事没有一点是真的。
- He's never shown an iota of interest in any kind of work.他从来没有对任何工作表现出一点儿兴趣。
n.微薄的薪水，少量
- Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。
- The widow must live on her slender pittance.那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。
adj.缺乏的，不足的，瘦的
- He could not support his family on his meager salary.他靠微薄的工资无法养家。
- The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal.两个男人同一个女人围着火，开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。
vt.使膨胀，使骄傲，抬高（物价）
- The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.买主们竞相投标，往往人为地提高价钱。
- Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft.斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
adj.异常的，庞大的
- There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
- Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。
n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的
- You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
- Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台
- She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
- He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
adj.宽敞的；使用方便的
- It was a commodious and a diverting life.这是一种自由自在，令人赏心悦目的生活。
- Their habitation was not merely respectable and commodious,but even dignified and imposing.他们的居所既宽敞舒适又尊严气派。
adj.无限的；无边无际的；巨大的
- The boundless woods were sleeping in the deep repose of nature.无边无际的森林在大自然静寂的怀抱中酣睡着。
- His gratitude and devotion to the Party was boundless.他对党无限感激、无限忠诚。
adj.无节制的；过度的
- The idea of this gave me inordinate pleasure.我想到这一点感到非常高兴。
- James hints that his heroine's demands on life are inordinate.詹姆斯暗示他的女主人公对于人生过于苛求。
adj.微不足道的；没什么价值的
- They quarreled over a trifling matter.他们为这种微不足道的事情争吵。
- So far Europe has no doubt, gained a real conveniency,though surely a very trifling one.直到现在为止,欧洲无疑地已经获得了实在的便利，不过那确是一种微不足道的便利。
adj.微不足道的，弱小的
- The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny.中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。
- Antonio was a puny lad,and not strong enough to work.安东尼奥是个瘦小的小家伙，身体还不壮，还不能干活。
adj.无关紧要的，可忽略的，无意义的
- In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。
- This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。