sizeable
sizeable — 形容詞
- sizeablepositive
- more sizeablecomparative
- most sizeablesuperlative
1. bigger than average but not huge — used to describe something that is large enou
相當大的
比一般大但未到巨大的程度
bigger than average but not huge — used to describe something that is large enough to be noticed or to matter
A sizeable crowd gathered outside the town hall before sunrise.
天亮前，一大群人聚集在市政廳外。
attributive: sizeable + crowd/gathering noun
Fatima received a sizeable bonus after the company's record year.
Fatima 在公司創紀錄的一年後拿到了一筆可觀的獎金。
collocation: sizeable bonus / sum / amount
The old barn sat on a sizeable plot of land near the river.
那座舊穀倉坐落在河邊一塊相當大的土地上。
João made a sizeable donation to the children's hospital last spring.
João 去年春天向兒童醫院捐了一筆數額不小的款項。
There is a sizeable gap between the two candidates in the latest poll.
最新民調顯示兩位候選人之間存在相當大的差距。
- considerable
emphasises being large enough to have an effect or be worth attention
- substantial
more formal; often used for amounts, sums, or physical things of real weight
- ample
suggests 'more than enough' rather than just 'fairly large'
- hefty
informal; typically used for sums of money or physical bulk
- negligible
too small to be worth considering
- meagre
disappointingly small in amount
文法句型
a sizeable + [noun]
quite a sizeable + [noun]
用法筆記
More often used before nouns (attributive position) than after linking verbs. Commonly appears with 'quite' or 'rather' for emphasis.