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词根:moment
adj.momentous 重要的;重大的
adv.momentously 重大地
n.moment 重要,契机;瞬间;重要时刻;指定时刻
adjective
having great or lasting importance : consequential, significant a momentous event/occasion The Senate begins a momentous debate on health care today …—The New York Times Deydey usually talked about his travels, the places he'd seen and the people, the close calls and momentous encounters with animals, weather, other Anishinabeg, and best of all, ghosts.—Louise Erdrich The late nineteenth century was strewn with inventions. Many were momentous, but few affected men and women more closely than the bicycle and its motorized offspring: motorcycle, motor-car and aeroplane.—Eugen Weber
a momentous decision
The first known use of momentous was in 1631
mon-combining form
one : single : alone
monotone
one atom or group
monoxide
momma
momentumnoun
the characteristic of a moving body that is caused by its mass and its motion
impetus sense 1
momentnoun
a brief portion of time : instant
present time
at the moment she is working on a novel
a time of importance or success
he has his moments
importance, consequence
an event of great moment
momentousadjective
very important
a momentous decision
1 The first night seems a little tentative: Davis seems to be working out the mood of his playing, fronting the band with a slightly inhibited momentousness.
2 Given the momentousness of the occasion, Twitterwas naturally on hand to make light of the situation.
3 So while Vogue might have been imagining its choice as reflecting the modernity of the times, it was also one that contravenes the momentousness of the occasion.
4 One last thing before we start counting down: Despite the year’s momentousness, some still worry that DMV rappers have failed to establish a coherent sound, style, trademark or vibe.
5 “If the circumstances were different, this whole affair would not have reached this level of momentousness.”
6 The statesmen who had to full-front its manifestations were those who had persistently refused to believe in its possibility, and who had no inkling of its nature and momentousness.
7 Compared to the transcripts of the trial, there was something different in hearing it, the momentousness of the moment imbued Jackson’s voice.
8 How could he guess that from the moment of their utterance his life would be changed, and his boyhood lost to him forever, because of the momentousness of the reply which he invited?
9 Regardless of the momentousness of the occasion, the internet has thoughts on King Salman's awkward mechanical misstep.
10 Facing “Birkenau” are exact digital prints of the same works, as if to dissolve their momentousness.
11 In reality it may have been a tad more subdued, a little less impeccably timed, but the momentousness of the occasion was no less dramatic.
12 As so often happens in life, the momentousness of an occasion is lost in the welter of a thousand details.
13 Even as Don and Pam grapple with a decision of awful momentousness, they remain intimately connected, interrupting each other’s sentences and bickering over crossword puzzles.
14 a momentous occasion that will go down in the history books
15 The whole affair took on a new and strange momentousness; he stood at this instant, he told himself, at the very turning-point of his artistic career.
16 As he dug, the momentousness of what he had come across slowly dawned on him.
17 He seems to recognize the momentousness of his coming out.
18 While you theatergoing butterflies out there keep nattering on about the Tonys — who will win, who should win, and so on — I have been focused on an issue of far greater momentousness and urgency.
当你们这些剧院的疯狂粉丝正在闲扯谁得了托尼奖,谁应该赢等等等等的时候,我已经开始关注于一个更重要更紧急的问题。
19 Their mastery of stages large and small is riveting, almost churchlike, creating momentousness out of routine, elevating entertainment into revelation.
20 Only through hindsight provided in voice-over narration by Daniel Stern, who interjects with 30-something Kevin’s nostalgic reflections, does the protagonist fully understand the momentousness of the era he lived through as a youth.