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小词详解 | resounding

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resounding 英 [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ] 美 [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ]

TEM8


外刊例句


  • What the author (a former contributor to this newspaper) skips over is how a company with so many well-documented flaws can be such a resounding success.
    作者(曾为本刊撰稿)略去不提的是,一家公司既然有这么多证据确凿的缺陷,怎么会取得如此巨大的成功?
    ——《经济学人》

  • For the men and women who fought and won the war in Europe, V-E day meant the exultant, resounding vindication of good against evil.
    对第二次世界大战期间参加过欧战并取胜的男男女女而言,德国投降日是对邪不压正的一项令人雀跃的伟大证明。
    ——《时代周刊》


基本释义


[adjective] (of a sound) loud enough to reverberate
[形容词] (指声音)大到足以回响的


深入解读


Resounding 这个单词虽然比较长,其实很好记,就是动词 resound (回响;回荡着)的现在分词而已。因此,其本义便是指声音“回声的、回响的、发出回声的、激起共鸣的”或者说“响亮的、洪亮的、嘹亮的”,即声音的响度或饱满度大到足以引起回声,比如:


  • 那个冒牌医生狠狠掴了他一巴掌,声音响亮干脆。
    There was a resounding slap as the
    bogus doctor struck him violently across the face.


从这个概念出发,等了17世纪30年代后, resounding 开始引申指“彻底的、完全的、轰动的、惊人的、巨大的、令人瞩目的”,仅用在名词前,主要用来强调事物之好或坏十分突出,像能够引起回声的响亮声音那般非常明确、毫无疑问,比如:


  • 如果没有这个小小的失误,这就是一次彻底的胜利。
    This is the one
    blemish on an otherwise resounding success.

  • 这场秘密政变完全失败了。
    The
    covert coup was a resounding failure.


权威用例

北京冬奥会、冬残奥会成功举办,冰雪健儿驰骋赛场,取得了骄人成绩。
The Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games concluded with a resounding success. Chinese winter sports athletes gave their all and achieved extraordinary results.

出自习主席2023年新年贺词。


同近义词


  • resonant: (of a place) filled or resounding with (a sound)

  • reverberant: characterized by reverberation

  • sonorous: capable of producing a deep or ringing sound


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