sizeable

英 [ˈsaɪzəbl]

美 [ˈsaɪzəbl]

adj.  相当大的

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8472 / COCA.17955

牛津词典

adj.

• 相当大的
  fairly large
  1. The town has a sizeable Sikh population.
     城里有为数众多的锡克教教徒。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 相当大的;颇大的
  Sizeablemeans fairly large.
  1. Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.
     哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。
  2. These polls give a very sizeable vote to the candidate of the M19 Movement.
     这些民意测验显示，相当多的选票投给了“四·一九运动”的候选人。

英英释义

adj

• large in amount or extent or degree
  1. it cost a considerable amount
  2. a goodly amount
  3. received a hefty bonus
  4. a respectable sum
  5. a tidy sum of money
  6. a sizable fortune
  Synonym:goodlygoodishhealthyheftyrespectablesizabletidy
• fairly large
  1. a sizable fortune
  2. an ample waistline
  3. of ample proportions
  Synonym:amplesizable

双语例句

• Out in front, Clarke had built up such a sizeable safety margin that he eased the pace and started cruising.
  克拉克远远地开在前面，已保持了一段足够长的安全车距，他于是放慢车速，开始定速巡航。
• Public and private default on Euro liabilities would be sizeable.
  公共部门和私人部门欧元债务违约的规模将很可观。
• For that reason alone it will make a sizeable contribution to world growth this year.
  就光这一个理由，今年中国将对世界经济增长作出重大的贡献。
• Even so, a sizeable chunk of companies continue to use it in all or part of its structure.
  即便如此，依然有大量公司在全部或部分组织架构中继续沿用这项政策。
• Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
  苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
• Most sizeable factories turn out on average an entire home a day.
  大多数庞大的工厂变成了一整个家庭平均一天。
• Money market funds saw sizeable outflows in the second quarter as a modicum of appetite for risk returned.
  随着风险偏好出现少许回升，货币市场基金在第二季度出现相当大规模的资金流出。
• If your order is a sizeable one, we could reconsider our prices.
  如果您的定单很大的话，我们可以重新考虑我们的价格。
• They conquered a sizeable dice of territory.
  他们攻占了相当大的一片领土。
• Research and development now take up a sizeable chunk of the military budget.
  现在科研经费占军事预算中相当大的一部分。