Gibbon's monumental work ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’
吉本的不朽著作《罗马帝国衰亡史》
a book of monumental significance
一本意义非凡的书
We have a monumental task ahead of us.
极其繁重的工作在等着我们。
It seems like an act of monumental folly.
这似乎是一种非常愚蠢的行为。
a monumental inscription/tomb
碑文；陵墓
a monumental mason(= a person who makes monuments )
纪念碑石工
1.纪念碑的;纪念的;巨大的,雄伟的;不朽的,不灭的;〈口〉(恶意的)非常的,极大的
1.used for emphasizing how bad something is; used for emphasizing how good or important something is; used for emphasizing how much effort something takes
2.very large and solid
3.relating to a monument that celebrates an important person or event
1.Barely a week goes by without one or other public figure apologizing for a disaster of monumental proportions.
大约一周过去了也没有一位或者别的公众人物出来为灾祸的大部分责任而道歉。
2.A stadium, because of its size, is always something of a monumental building.
由于其规模，体育场往往具有纪念性质。
3.A monumental gateway in the form of a pair of truncated pyramids serving as the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple.
两旁有塔形建筑的门道以一对平头金字塔形式出现的纪念性的通口，用来作通往古埃及庙宇的入口
4.This strategy seems to give the house a monumental and sculptural quality that articulates a sense of stability, simplicity and permanence.
这种设计像是赋予了房屋纪念碑或雕像的品质——稳定、简朴及永恒。
5.and his wife looked at him with an anxious frown across the monumental Britannia ware of their lodging house breakfast-table.
隔着寄宿处早餐桌上那些不朽的不列颠合金餐具，他妻子皱着眉，焦急地望着他。
6.Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said the university was struck with a tragedy that can be considered of monumental proportions.
弗吉尼亚理工大学校长查尔斯。斯蒂格表示，该校所遭受的这一悲剧可称为一起特大伤亡事件。
7.self-assurance His monumental self-assurance was based upon his complete faith in his own ability.
他的极度自信是基于完全相信自己的能力。
8.Think about this for a moment. . . allow the monumental impact of that statement to sink in and all that encompasses.
想一会儿……允许这个具有重大意义的观点以及所有的包含内容所带来的影响消失。
9.Among them, chopsticks culture with its monumental character, the unique charm of Chinese culture into a wonderful large garden.
其中，筷子文化以其不朽的品格，独特的魅力，成为华夏文化大花园里的一只奇葩。
10.The Club of Rome's monumental book The Limits to Growth came out in 1972, with a picture of the earth on its cover.
罗马俱乐部的不朽作品《增长的极限》在1972年问世，并以地球的照片作为其封面。