momentous

英 [məˈmentəs] 美 [moʊˈmentəs]

adj.  关键的; 重要的; 重大的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11532 / COCA.12634



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 关键的;重要的;重大的
    very important or serious, especially because there may be important results
    1. a momentous decision/event/occasion
      重大决定 / 事件;重要时刻

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 重大的;关键的;有影响的
    If you refer to a decision, event, or change as momentous, you mean that it is very important, often because of the effects that it will have in the future.
    1. ...the momentous decision to send in the troops...
      派遣部队的重大决定
    2. The past three years have been among the most momentous in world history.
      过去的3年是世界历史上最重要的时期之一。

双语例句

  1. In that year, two momentous discoveries were made.
    那一年,有两个重大发现。
  2. The past three years have been among the most momentous in world history.
    过去的3年是世界历史上最重要的时期之一。
  3. Meanwhile, most young people in the West are expected to leave what could be life's most momentous decision — marriage — almost entirely up to luck.
    同时,人们认为西方的大多数年轻人把婚姻这一可能是人生最重要的决定几乎完全交由命运来安排。
  4. So this is a momentous day in the history of Libya.
    所以,这是利比亚历史上的重大一天。
  5. Now as momentous as this day is, it's not the end of this journey.
    和今天同样重要的是,这并不是此次改革的终点。
  6. This was a year in which a series of momentous figures appeared on the world stage.
    这一年,一系列重要人物登上世界的舞台。
  7. The current period represents a momentous turning point in the history of our Party and state.
    目前这个时期是我们党和我们国家的历史上的一个重大转折时期。
  8. These years have been a momentous time in the history of our nation and the world.
    这些年来,在世界和我们国家的历史上都有重大的时期。
  9. A great question had to be answered, a momentous decision made.
    必须回答一个重大问题,作出一项重要决定。
  10. During the same period, though, a more momentous rupture was occurring.
    但同一时期,又发生了一起更重大的关系破裂事件。
  11. I feel honored to have been a very small part in such a momentous process.
    我非常荣幸能够成为这一伟大进程中的微小一员。
  12. The year for rat will be a momentous one for China.
    布朗在贺词中说,对中国来说,鼠年是具有里程碑意义的一年。
  13. The attempt was attended by the most momentous results.
    这一尝试取得了重大成果。
  14. Given the economic backdrop and the force of his opponents 'rage, it was a momentous victory.
    考虑到目前的经济背景以及对手愤怒下的影响力,这是一场重大胜利。
  15. The past few years have witnessed momentous changes throughout Eastern europe.
    在过去的短短几年中,整个东欧都发生了巨变。
  16. In my view, this world conference must be the third momentous event of the year.
    在我看来,本次世界大会必须成为今年第三项重大事件。
  17. There was no doubt it would be a momentous occasion.
    无疑,它将是一个重要的时刻。
  18. It will be a momentous decision, for China and the world.
    对中国和世界来说,这将是个重大决定。
  19. BE open. I am most momentous and his I am most precious now and his future.
    是打开了。最重要的是我和他的现在最珍贵的是我与他的将来。
  20. Their political leaders have certainly not prepared the ground for such a momentous decision.
    他们的政治领导人显然还没有准备好做这样一个重大的决定。
  21. While its achievements have been momentous, so are the contrasts and contradictions exposed by those very same achievements.
    它所取得的巨大成就和这些成就所暴露出来的矛盾形成了鲜明的对比。
  22. After that first momentous flag-raising ceremony, the job was handed over to two workers from the History Museum.
    在重大的升旗仪式结束之后,随后的任务转交了给了历史博物馆的两名员工。
  23. This has been a momentous week.
    这周是科学史上突破性的一周。
  24. This is a momentous, hard-won achievement.
    这是一个非常重大和来之不易的成就。
  25. I mean, for a poet, the composition of a long poem, implying a momentous poetic behavior.
    我的意思是,对于一个诗人而言,一首长诗的写作,意味着一次重大的诗歌行为。
  26. Contract abolition is a momentous system in our country's pact law.
    合同解除是我国合同法中的一项重要制度。
  27. This momentous meeting led to what has become today's Electronics Representatives Association.
    这导致什么重大会议,已成为当今电子协会的代表。
  28. The author says the first half of the19th century laid the groundwork for more Momentive momentous changes to follow.
    作者称19世纪的上半世纪为后来的许多重大转变提供了基础。
  29. Waterloo was one of the most momentous battles in history.
    滑铁卢之战是历史上最重要的战役之一。
  30. It is the momentous content for improving the socialist market economy and building a socialistic harmonious society.
    进行收入分配体制改革攻坚是完善社会主义市场经济体制和构建主义和谐社会的重要内容。

英英释义

adj

  1. of very great significance
    1. deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision
    2. a momentous event