| 例句 |
imposingadjective having or showing a formal and serious or reserved mannerthe president of the bank is exactly the sort of imposing figure that one might expect august, dignified, distingué, distinguished, portly, solemn, staid, stately decorous, proper, seemlygrave, grim, po-faced(British), sober, somber(or sombre)aristocratic, elegant, elevated, handsome, lordly, magisterial, majestic, noble flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, silly, undignified coarse, crass, crude, improper, indecent, uncouth, unseemly, vulgar large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conceptionthe corporation's imposing headquarters were designed by one of the nation's cutting-edge architects august, baronial, epic, gallant, glorious, grand, grandiose, heroic(also heroical), Homeric, imperial, magnific, magnificent, majestic, massive, monumental, noble, proud, regal, royal, splendid, stately colossal, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, tremendouskingly, lordly, princely, queenlyawesome, awful, cosmic(also cosmical), sublime, wondrousformidable, impressive, prepossessing, redoubtableapocalyptic(also apocalyptical), inflated, operatic, overblown, pompousmarvelous(or marvellous), superb, terrific, wonderfulextravagant, lavish, luxurious, opulent, palatial, palatine, sumptuousgorgeous, resplendent, splendiferousextraordinary, killer, remarkable, sensational, strikingcelestial, divine, heavenly humble, unheroic, unimposing, unimpressive lowly, modest, unprepossessingaverage, common, mediocre, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, second-rateabject, mean, meretricious, shabby, sordidinsignificant, measly, paltry, petty, puny, trifling, trivial to establish or apply as a charge or penaltythat state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving assessing, charging, exacting, fining, laying, levying, putting docking, excising, mulcting, penalizing, taxingextorting, shaking down, wresting, wringingbleeding, fleecing, gouging, milking, skinning, squeezingcoercing, compelling, forcinginflicting, wreakingsettingreapplying, reimposing, relaying remitting abating, diminishing, lesseningforgiving, releasingcondoning, disregarding, excusing, glossing (over), glozing (over), ignoring, pardoning adj.grand, magnificent, imposing, stately, majestic, grandiose mean large and impressive.grand adds to greatness of size the implications of handsomeness and dignity.a grand staircase magnificent implies an impressive largeness proportionate to scale without sacrifice of dignity or good taste.magnificent paintings imposing implies great size and dignity but especially stresses impressiveness.an imposing edifice stately may suggest poised dignity, erectness of bearing, handsomeness of proportions, ceremonious deliberation of movement.the stately procession majestic combines the implications of imposing and stately and usually adds a suggestion of solemn grandeur.a majestic waterfall grandiose implies a size or scope exceeding ordinary experiencegrandiose hydroelectric projects but is most commonly applied derogatorily to inflated pretension or absurd exaggeration.grandiose schemes in 1786 |