MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.

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magnificent [m?g'n?f?snt] 詞頻2 詞根: magn
adj. 壯麗的;偉大的,高尚的;華麗的,高貴的;瑰麗的;
?? magn大+ ific的+ent…的 → 壯麗的,宏偉的
"The Taj Mahal is a magnificent building."
泰姬陵是一座宏偉的建筑。
近義:imposing, junoesque, kingly, lavish, majestic, majestical 反義:artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
superior [su'p?r??] 詞頻1 詞根: superus
adj. (級別、地位)較高的;(在質量等方面)較好的;(數量)較多的;上等的; n. 上級;較好的人[事物],優勝者;修道院院長;方丈;
?? super在上面+ior表形容詞,較...的 →在上面的,超越的
"vastly superior"
強得多
近義:head, provost, chairman, chief, director, higher 反義:servient, subaltern, subordinate, understrapper, wo, sub
spectator ['sp?ktet?] 詞頻3 詞根: spec
n. 觀眾,旁觀者;
?? spect看+ator人→看的人→觀眾
"A spectator threw the ball back to the players."
一個觀眾把球擲回給球員.
近義:onlooker, viewer, watcher, beholder, bysitter, bystander
accustomed [?'k?st?md]
adj. 習慣的;通常的;獨有的;適應的; v. 使習慣于(accustom的過去式和過去分詞);
?? ac 一再 + custom 習慣+ ed 表示“有...的”、“如...的”、“...的” → a.慣常的;習慣的
"We have got accustomed to living in an air - conditioned room."
我們對生活在有 空調 的房間里已習慣了.
近義:wonted, inured, used 反義:unacquainted, unconversant, uninitiated, unwonted
splendor ['splend?] 詞頻2 詞根: sp-
n. 華麗;壯麗;光輝;顯赫;
?? splend(shine)+or(名詞后綴)→光輝;壯麗;卓越
"Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor."
他生平從沒有見過如此輝煌壯麗的場面.
近義:lavishness, lucidity, luster, magnificence, ostentation, pageantry 反義:moderation, abstemiousness, abstinence, privation, soberness, sparingness
grandeur ['gr?nd??] 詞頻4 詞根: gr-
n. 偉大;宏偉,壯觀;富麗堂皇;
"I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur."
我必須去消除你的傲氣.
近義:apotheosis, impressiveness, magnificence, magnitude, majesty, splendor 反義:nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy

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