When something is monumentally bad, stupid, boring, or unfair, it is so to a huge degree — as if the badness were as big as a stone monument.

When something is monumentally bad, stupid, boring, or unfair當一件事被說成monumentally bad（差）、stupid（笨）、boring（無聊）或unfair（不公平）, it is so to a huge degree就是指程度誇張到極點——as if好像 the badness were as big as a stone monument那壞的程度像座石碑一樣巨大。

Speakers almost always pair it with a negative word: monumentally stupid, a monumentally bad idea, monumentally late. You can find monumentally successful in writing, but to many ears that sounds a little odd or jokey, because the word has drifted toward “huge in a disastrous way.” It is stronger than very, a bit more dramatic than extremely, and it belongs more to careful writing and news than to everyday chat.

Speakers說話的人 almost always幾乎都會 pair it with a negative word把它跟負面的詞搭在一起: monumentally stupid蠢到誇張、a monumentally bad idea一個爛到誇張的點子、monumentally late遲到得誇張。You can find可以找到 monumentally successful在寫作裡的monumentally successful（誇張地成功）用法 in writing, but但 to many ears對很多人的耳朵來說 that sounds a little odd or jokey那聽起來有點怪或好笑, because因為 the word has drifted toward “huge in a disastrous way.”這個詞已經偏向「誇張到很慘」的意思。It它 is stronger than very比very更強, a bit more dramatic than extremely比extremely更誇張一點, and而且 it belongs more to careful writing and news than to everyday chat比較屬於嚴謹寫作和新聞，而不是日常聊天。

Though actually, the tidy idea “it just means extremely” is tidier than the habit: people stretch it for emphasis, but they rarely stretch it toward praise.

Though actually不過其實, the tidy idea “it just means extremely”「它就是extremely的意思」這個簡單的說法 is tidier than the habit比實際的用法習慣還要整齊: people人們 stretch it for emphasis會為了強調而誇張使用它, but但 they rarely很少 stretch it toward praise把它誇張地用在稱讚上。