英文美句 核心词汇vast universe
Heart of a lover is more vast than universe.
爱人的心比宇宙更广袤得难以捉摸。
词汇学习 vast
adj.(a) extremely large 巨大的;广大的;广阔的huge
(a) vast amounts / numbers / quantities / sums etc. (of sth)
The government will have to borrow vast amounts of money.
政府将不得不借用巨额资金。
The refugees come across the border in vast numbers .
大量难民涌过边境。
vast areas / expanses / tracts etc (of sth)
vast areas of rainforest
大片大片的雨林
In the past five years, there has been a vast improvement in graduation rates.
过去的五年内,毕业率大幅度提高。
(b) the vast majority (of sth)
used when you want to emphasize that something is true about almost all of a group of people or things
(…的)绝大多数
The vast majority of books on the subject are complete rubbish.
有关这一话题的绝大多数书籍都是一派胡言。
词汇学习universe
(a) everything that exists, especially all physical matter, including all the stars, planets, galaxies, etc. in space 宇宙;天地万物;万象
Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?
宇宙中其他地方存在有智慧的生命吗?
(b) a universe which could be imagined to exist outside our own(想象中的)人类世界以外的另外一个世界
Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
科学家在思考平行世界存在的可能性。
(c) the world, or the world that you are familiar with 世界;领域;范围
The characters in his novels inhabit a bleak and hopeless universe.
他小说中的人物生活在一个悲凄无望的世界里。
His family is his whole universe (= everything that is important to him).
他的家庭就是他的整个世界