小词详解 | resounding
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.
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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