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a sizeable + noun
修饰可数名词，表示规模可观。
They have a sizeable garden behind their house.
他们房子后面有一个相当大的花园。
相当大的；可观的
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相当大的；可观的
fairly large; large in amount or extent or degree
They have a sizeable garden behind their house.
他们房子后面有一个相当大的花园。
相当大的
fairly large
巨大的,大量的
large in amount or extent or degree
The company made a sizeable profit from the new project.
公司从这个新项目中获得了相当可观的利润。
She inherited a sizeable estate from her grandfather.
她从祖父那里继承了一笔相当可观的遗产。
There is a sizeable open area in the park suitable for events.
公园里有一片相当大的空地，适合举办活动。
修饰可数名词，表示规模可观。
They have a sizeable garden behind their house.
他们房子后面有一个相当大的花园。
用于修饰不可数或复数名词，强调数量或比例大。
A sizeable number of students participated in the protest.
相当多的学生参加了抗议活动。
作表语，描述主语的特征。
The company's profits are sizeable this year.
公司今年的利润相当可观。
Not this
The sizeable of the room is impressive.
Use this
The size of the room is impressive.
‘sizeable’ 是形容词，不能作名词。应使用名词‘size’来表示尺寸。
Not this
This house is sizeabler than that one.
Use this
This house is more sizeable than that one.
‘sizeable’ 的比较级是 ‘more sizeable’，而不是 ‘sizeabler’。双音节及以上形容词通常用 ‘more’ 构成比较级。
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可观的数额
He inherited a sizeable amount of money from his uncle.
他从叔叔那里继承了一笔可观的金钱。
相当大的数量
A sizeable number of students have chosen to study abroad.
相当多的学生选择出国留学。
相当一部分
A sizeable portion of the budget is allocated to education.
预算的相当一部分拨给了教育。
一大块
She owns a sizeable chunk of the company's shares.
她拥有公司的一大块股份。
一大笔钱
They spent a sizeable sum on renovating the house.
他们花了一大笔钱翻修房子。
相当大的少数群体
A sizeable minority of voters opposed the new policy.
相当多的选民反对这项新政策。
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「sizeable」由 size（尺寸）和 able（能）组成，能有大尺寸的就是‘相当大的’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：business、academic、everyday conversation 该词在多数语境中均为中性，既可用于正式书面语（如商业报告、学术文章），也可用于日常对话，但通常不带有强烈的情感色彩。
None of these words rhyme with 'sizeable' because their stressed vowels differ. For example, 'sizeable' has /ˈsaɪzəbl/ while 'comfortable' has /ˈkʌmfərtəbl/.
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