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    monumental查询结果如下:

    音标:[ˌmɑːnju'mentl]
    基本释义/说明:adj.纪念碑的;作为纪念的;不朽的
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    a.
    ①纪念碑的;纪念性的;
    a monumental inscription
    碑铭.
    ②不朽的;巨大的;
    a monumental work
    不朽的著作(作品).
    a painting on a monumental scale
    巨幅画.
    ③[口语]非常的,极度的
    -扩展释义
    扩展解释:
    a.1. 纪念建筑物的;纪念性的[B]2. 巨大的;重要的;留存于历史上的;不朽的,3. 【口】非常的,极端的
    monumental cowardice;monumental talent.
    极端的胆怯;非凡的才能
    adj.
    巨大的,纪念的
    -同义词和反义词
    -monumental的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    marked by the positioning of a monument, often in the form of a small stone or concrete structure
    “Unlike Verdun, which the French quickly covered with a bell jar of remembrance, the Somme was pretty much rebuilt, monumented, or plowed under.”
    Without a monument.

    名词 变体/同根词

    The process of monumentalizing.
    The quality or state of being monumental
    “The tabletop sculptures evoke a sense of monumentality, while the scale of the larger pieces reads literally.”
    “Liberated to occupy the whole of the main gallery area, it is transformed by its new monumentality.”
    “The monumentality of Amsterdam exists only in the heads of its inhabitants, not on the streets.”
    (architecture) A style characterized by massive, monumental buildings
    “If this is cultural arrogance, it has perhaps some of its roots in insecurity and takes a tangible form in architectural monumentalism.”
    “But the cliff artists easily made up for a lack of monumentalism with sheer abundance.”
    “In designing the embassy, the architects were faced with the challenge of finding a symbolically appropriate architectural expression, while refraining from monumentalism.”
    A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. || An important site owned by the community as a whole. || An exceptional or proud achievement. || An important burial vault or tomb. || A legal document. || A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
    “Battle of Britain survivors yesterday launched a project to raise funds for a monument to commemorate their historic actions.”
    “And despite a police appeal the monument from the family grave of Robert, the village schoolmaster for almost 40 years, was not returned.”
    “Pat also contributed his expertise voluntarily over the years and the designs of the buildings are a monument to his skill.”

    动词 变体/同根词

    monumentalize的异体字
    “At precisely the same time, the young artist Theodore Gericault was searching for a contentious contemporary subject to monumentalise on canvas.”
    “Museums have become lifeless structures that monumentalise and freeze history.”
    “These and other inscriptions testify to the need visitors felt to document and monumentalise their visual and aural experiences upon the very statue which had engendered them.”
    To make something become or appear monumental
    “Seris explains in a great amount of detail the extent to which Poliziano’s poetry operates as a means to monumentalize the lives and deeds of princes.”
    “In the enlarged versions, one notices his eye for composition and design, as well as his uncanny ability to monumentalize his sitters.”
    “To monumentalize the city, their lives had to be totally upended by clearing many of them out to the periphery.”
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