momentous
音标：
美音：/moʊˈmentəs/，英音：/məˈmentəs/
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Monica Lennon, a member of the Scottish Parliament who had long campaigned for the Scottish government to issue an apology, said Ms. Sturgeon’s speech represented a momentous day for Scotland.
长期以来一直呼吁苏格兰政府道歉的苏格兰议会议员莫妮卡列侬说，斯特金女士的演讲对苏格兰来说是一个重要的日子。
—New York Times
It was a big break on a momentous night that only got more intoxicating as it went on.
这是一个重要的夜晚的重大突破，随着它的进行只会变得更加令人陶醉。
—BBC
“They never told us about those talks until the government papers were published on New Year’s Day 2002. I don’t think at that time they realised what a momentous thing it was.”
“直到 2002 年元旦政府文件发表之前，他们才告诉我们这些会谈。我认为当时他们没有意识到这是一件多么重要的事情。”
—BBC
基本释意：
adjective
of very great significance
adj. 重大的，重要的
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
Momentous describes an important event or moment in time. It is used for a time of great consequence or for a major accomplishment, and is almost always reserved for good things.
Momentous 描述了一个重要的事件或时刻。它用于具有重大意义的时期或重大成就，并且几乎总是为好事保留。
长释义：
When a moment is so great you know you’ll never forget it, you have just experienced something momentous. It can be personal — perhaps the day you were named prom queen; or something historic — like the day Elizabeth was named Queen of England. Momentous and momentary share the root word moment but momentary describes just one fleeting moment in time. A momentary occurrence can certainly be momentous, but it’s not always the case.
当一个时刻如此美好，你知道你永远不会忘记它，你刚刚经历了一些重要的事情。它可以是个人的——也许是你被任命为舞会皇后的那一天；或者一些具有历史意义的事情——比如伊丽莎白被任命为英国女王的那一天。 Momentous 和 momentary 共享词根 moment，但 momentary 仅描述一个转瞬即逝的时刻。瞬间发生的事情当然可能是重大的，但情况并非总是如此。
文学例句：
It is not coincidence that such a momentous decision centered on the schoolhouse.
如此重大的决定以校舍为中心并非巧合。
—The Best of Enemies by Osha Gray Davidson
“Yes. We’re twins,” she said and paused, as if that were a momentous disclosure.
“是的。我们是双胞胎，”她说，停顿了一下，好像这是一个重大的披露。
—Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Although Copernicus, Galileo and Newton were well aware that their ideas were momentous, and we can legitimately describe their work as revolutionary, they never explicitly said to themselves, ‘I am making a revolution.’
尽管哥白尼、伽利略和牛顿很清楚他们的想法是重要的，我们可以合理地将他们的工作描述为革命性的，但他们从未明确地对自己说：“我正在进行一场革命。”
—The Invention of Science by David Wootton
词源：
momentous (adj.)”of moment or consequence, critical, of surpassing importance,” 1650s, from moment + -ous to carry the sense of “important” while momentary kept the meaning “of an instant of time.” Related: Momentously; momentousness.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
momentous（形容词）“of moment or consequence, critical, of successful importance”，1650年代，从moment + -ous开始带有“important”的意思，而momentary保留了“瞬间的意义”。相关：瞬间；重要性。相关条目及更多
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