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considerable 音標拼音: [kəns'ɪdɚəbəl] a. 相當的,可觀的,重要的 相當的,可觀的,重要的 considerable adj 1: large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; " a considerable quantity"; " the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; " went to considerable trouble for us"; " spent a considerable amount of time on the problem" [ ant: { inconsiderable}] Considerable \ Con* sid" er* a* ble\ ( k[ o^] n* s[ i^] d"[~ e] r*[. a]* b' l), a. [ Cf. F. consid[' e] rable.] 1. Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to. [ 1913 Webster] It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. -- Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster] Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. -- Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons. [ 1913 Webster] You are, indeed, a very considerable man. -- Junius. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Of importance or value. [ 1913 Webster] In painting, not every action, nor every person, is considerable enough to enter into the cloth. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] A considerable sum of money. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] 128 Moby Thesaurus words for " considerable": able, absolute, active, appreciable, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big- league, big- name, big- time, bigwig, bigwigged, billion, bumper, capable, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, comprehensive, consequential, controlling, decent, deep, distinguished, dominant, double- barreled, duly constituted, earthshaking, effective, efficacious, eminent, empowered, estimable, ever so many, ex officio, exhaustive, extensive, fair, full, full many, good, goodly, governing, grand, grave, great, healthy, heaped- up, heavy, heavyweight, hefty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high- powered, illustrious, imperative, important, influential, intense, irresistible, jillion, large, large- scale, leading, main, major, man- sized, many, material, maximum, meaningful, mighty, million, momentous, monocratic, multifarious, multifold, multiple, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, name, no few, not a few, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, numerous, of consequence, official, plenary, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, pretty, prominent, puissant, quite some, ranking, remarkable, respectable, ruling, self- important, senior, sensible, serious, significant, sizable, sizeable, smart, strong, substantial, superior, supreme, tall, thousand, tidy, total, totalitarian, very many, weighty, world- shaking, worthy, zillion
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