Picture something on a scale that makes you react — a wave, a bang, a sum of money far beyond what you expected. The word starts as pure size and force. Once a word is that emphatic, English tends to borrow it for praise, so the second use keeps the intensity and turns it warm.
可以想成：一樣大到讓人有反應的東西——一道浪、一聲巨響、一筆遠超預期的金額。這個字最初講的就是規模和力道。而英文常有這個傾向：一個字只要夠強調，就會被借去稱讚人——所以第二種用法保留了同樣的強度，只是把方向轉成溫暖的。
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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。
tremendousadj/tɹɪˈmɛndəs/
- 1
Awe-inspiring; terrific.
- This she spoke with so commanding an air, standing with her back to the fire, with one hand behind her, and a pinch of snuff in the other, that I question whether Thalestris, at the head of her Amazons, ever made a more tremendous figure.
- 2
Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
- Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.
- 3
Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
- There was a tremendous outpouring of support.
- The tremendous tragedy in which he had been involved - it was evident he was a fugitive from Weybridge - had driven him to the very verge of his reason.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。