Momentous

(adj.) of very great significance; 'deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision'; 'a momentous event' .

整理:特蕾西

• For an active participant in the war, it is clear that the momentous thing is the issue, the future consequences, of this and that happening. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• That night was a momentous one in history. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Where she could be placed became a subject of most melancholy and momentous consultation. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Equally momentous were the times in Europe, where the attempt to secure opportunities of expansion as well as larger liberty for the individual took quite different form. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This momentous pocket-book was a timely reminder to him of another transaction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I try in vain to recall how I felt about it, and what its circumstances were; but it is not momentous in my recollection. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Now, sir, I must ask you more particularly what this document is, and why its disappearance should have such momentous consequences? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The illumination of the latter was held to be a truly momentous achievement owing to its great size. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• England had been the scene of momentous struggles, during my early boyhood. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The story of that momentous voyage of two months and nine days must be read in detail to be appreciated. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The present is one of those momentous stages in the life of man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In Germany and Russia the injury was still more momentous. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The most trivial question escapes not our controversy, and in the most momentous we are not able to give any certain decision. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• They are merely one aspect of a much profounder and more momentous enlargement of human possibility. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Have you no opinion to express on this momentous event in our young friend's life? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

整理:肯尼思