喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/kənˈsɪdərəbəl/相當大的 / 可觀的

    Fairly large in size, amount, or degree — big enough to matter.

    示範例句 · Example

    We saved a considerable amount of money by walking instead of taking taxis.

    逐字我們靠走路而不搭計程車，省下了相當可觀的一筆錢。

    considerable 形容數量或程度「相當大、大到值得注意」，比 some 多、比 huge 收斂一點，是偏正式的說法。它常放在不可數或抽象名詞前面，像 considerable time（不少時間）、considerable interest（相當大的興趣）。小心：長得很像的 considerate 意思完全不同，那是「體貼的」。

    常見搭配

    • a considerable amount of

      相當多的（不可數）

      a fairly large quantity of (uncountable) something

      He put a considerable amount of work into the project.

    • considerable time

      相當多的時間

      quite a lot of time

      She spent considerable time on the essay.

    • considerable interest

      相當大的興趣

      a fairly high level of interest

      The plan attracted considerable interest.

    • considerable effort

      相當大的努力

      quite a lot of effort

      It took considerable effort to finish on time.

core核心畫面

You can think of it as 'big enough that you have to stop and take it into account' — not just large, but large in a way that matters. A considerable sum, a considerable delay: the size is real enough that you can't wave it away.

可以想成：大到你不得不停下來、認真把它算進去。不只是「大」，而是那種「大到會影響事情、不能隨手忽略」的大。a considerable sum（一筆可觀的錢）、considerable delay（相當久的延誤），都是這種份量真實、閃不掉的大。

同家族的字

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

considerableadj/kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/

  • 1

    Significant; worth considering.

    • Soon I became a considerable figure in the music industry.
  • 2

    Large in amount.

    • Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
    • With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules.

considerablenoun/kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/

  • 1

    obsoleteA thing to be considered, consideration.

    • Statistes and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato, is the first considerable, as though it were their businesse to deceive people, as a Maxime, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […]

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