音标:[mәu'mentәs] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 重大的, 重要的
s. of very great significance

考试类型:[托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

momentous的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I have some momentous news to tell you.我有重要的消息要告诉你。
  2. I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.能应邀出席如此重要的场合,我深感荣幸。
  3. This is a momentous, hard-won achievement.这是一个非常重大和来之不易的成就。
  4. History bears evidence that each momentous political change is usually followed by an economic revival.历史证明,在每次重大的政治变革之后随之而来的往往是经济上的复兴。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. There was no doubt it would be a momentous occasion.毫无疑问,那将是极为重要的场合。

经典引文

  • Never before..has mankind had such momentous choices placed in his hands.

    出自:M. Mead
  • A momentous day for Europe, for it marked the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.

    出自:M. Meyer
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