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the immensity of sth
常与定冠词 the 和 of 连用，强调某事物在规模或范围上的巨大。
We were awed by the immensity of the ocean.
我们被大海的浩瀚所震撼。
巨大；广大；无边
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巨大；广大；无边
The quality or state of being extremely large in size, extent, or number.
We were awed by the immensity of the ocean.
我们被大海的浩瀚所震撼。
巨大,无边。
The characteristic or state of being immense.
巨大的物体。
An immense object.
Standing on the mountain peak, she was struck by the immensity of the landscape below.
站在山顶，她被下方景色的广阔无边所震撼。
The immensity of the project soon became clear when we listed every step.
当我们列出每一步时，这个项目的庞大程度很快就变得清楚了。
No single photo can capture the immensity of the desert.
没有任何一张照片能捕捉到沙漠的浩瀚。
常与定冠词 the 和 of 连用，强调某事物在规模或范围上的巨大。
We were awed by the immensity of the ocean.
我们被大海的浩瀚所震撼。
an immensity of 后接复数名词时表示数量巨大，是较文学化的表达。
From the hill, we saw an immensity of stars.
从山上，我们看到无数的星星。
in the immensity 单独使用，不接 of，常指太空、海洋等广阔无垠之处。
The tiny spacecraft drifted alone in the immensity.
小小的宇宙飞船独自在无边无际中漂流。
Not this
The desert is immensity.
Use this
The desert is immense.
immensity 是名词，意为“巨大；无边”，不能作表语形容词；表示“巨大的”要用形容词 immense，所以应把名词改为形容词。
Not this
We were amazed by the immensity the ocean.
Use this
We were amazed by the immensity of the ocean.
immensity 后接所修饰的对象时，必须用介词 of 构成“of + 名词”结构，表示“……的巨大”，不能直接后接名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
太空的浩瀚
Looking at the night sky, I felt the immensity of space.
看着夜空，我感受到了太空的浩瀚。
任务的艰巨
She was daunted by the immensity of the task.
她被任务的艰巨吓住了。
海洋的广阔
The sailors marveled at the immensity of the ocean.
水手们惊叹于海洋的广阔。
被其宏大所震撼
We stood there, overwhelmed by the immensity of the canyon.
我们站在那里，被峡谷的宏伟所震撼。
一种无边无际的感觉
The desert gave me a sense of immensity.
这片沙漠给了我一种无边无际的感觉。
Use immensity naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：immensity 中两个 m 像群山，s 像大海，联想“群山大海，无边无际”，记“广大；无边”。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或修辞描写、正式书面语 这个词多用于正式或文学语境，表示空间、数量或程度的巨大；日常口语中较少出现，通常可用“vastness”“hugeness”等更常见的词。
以 -ensity 结尾的 intensity、density、propensity 与 immensity 同韵：重读元音 /ɛ/ 及后面的 /nsɪti/ 相同。infinity 和 immunity 词形近似但元音和重音不同，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.