monumental
音标：
英音/ ˌmɒnjuˈment(ə)l / 美音/ ˌmɑːnjuˈment(ə)l /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
To them are now added all those who believe they will also be a monumental inconvenience.
现在，所有相信它们也会带来巨大不便的人都加入了它们。
—BBC
During the “one of the most monumental days of my life” as the star describes it, he takes a moment to recall Leeds festivals of yore as a punter.
正如这位明星所描述的，在“我一生中最具纪念意义的日子之一”，他花了一点时间回忆起昔日作为赌客的利兹节日。
—BBC
Belgium’s Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne resigned on Friday over what he called a “monumental and unacceptable error with dramatic consequences”.
比利时司法部长文森特·范·奎肯伯恩于周五辞职，他称这是“具有重大后果且不可接受的错误”。
—BBC
基本释意：
adjective
of outstanding significance
丰碑式的，伟大的；极大（坏，好等）的；纪念碑的，纪念性的；巨大的，庞大的
同义词：
massive,monolithic
短释义：
Monumental can also refer to something that’s of outstanding importance or significance. A monumental decision for you would be one that changes your life — like the day you got engaged or when you decided to move to New York to be an actor. The word monumental can also be used if you’re talking about a monument, a statue or structure commemorating a person or event. You might admire the monumental stonework on the statue in the town square.
无论是需要巨大力量的巨大努力，还是拥有十一层楼和五套电梯的巨大游轮，“纪念性”一词都描述了某种宏伟或巨大的规模。
长释义：
Monumental can also refer to something that’s of outstanding importance or significance. A monumental decision for you would be one that changes your life — like the day you got engaged or when you decided to move to New York to be an actor. The word monumental can also be used if you’re talking about a monument, a statue or structure commemorating a person or event. You might admire the monumental stonework on the statue in the town square.
纪念性的也可以指具有突出重要性或意义的事物。对你来说，一个重大的决定将是改变你生活的决定——比如你订婚的那天或者你决定搬到纽约成为一名演员的时候。如果您谈论的是纪念某个人或事件的纪念碑、雕像或结构，也可以使用“纪念性”一词。您可能会欣赏城镇广场雕像上的巨大石雕。
文学例句：
Something that is small and common like a whisper, but monumental and rare at the same time.
像耳语一样微小而常见的东西，但同时具有纪念意义和罕见。
—The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
His silence is an awkward one, like those times in history class when we reviewed monumental events from the BDC days.
他的沉默令人尴尬，就像我们在历史课上回顾 BDC 时代的重大事件一样。
—They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Set down with geometric precision at the cardinal points were four monumental slabs of the same alien metal as the citadel.
在基点上以几何精度设置了四块与城堡相同的外星金属制成的纪念石板。
—Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
词源：
monumental (adj.)c. 1600, “pertaining to a monument,” from Late Latin monumentalis “pertaining to a monument,” from monumentum (see monument). From 1650s in the loose sense of “conspicuous, vast, stupendous, comparable to a monument.” Extended sense of “historically prominent, conspicuous to posterity” is by 1844. Related: Monumentally.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
纪念性的（形容词）c. 1600，“与一座纪念碑有关”，源自后期拉丁语“monumentalis”，“与一座纪念碑有关”，源自纪念碑（见纪念碑）。从 1650 年代开始，广义上是“引人注目、巨大、巨大、堪比纪念碑”。 “历史上突出的、后世瞩目的”的扩展含义是 1844 年。相关：纪念性的。相关条目及更多
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