1 QUANT (尤指足够的或超出需要的)丰富,充足,大量 If there is plenty of something, there is a large amount of it. If there are plenty of things, there are many of them. Plenty is used especially to indicate that there is enough of something, or more than you need. (尤指足够的或超出需要的)丰富,充足,大量
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There was still plenty of time to take Jill out for pizza. [+ of]
还有充裕的时间带吉尔出去吃比萨饼。
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Most businesses face plenty of competition. [+ of]
大多数企业面临着巨大的竞争压力。
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Taking plenty of exercise can be of great benefit.
多锻炼会非常有好处。
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Are there plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet? [+ of]
你的饮食中新鲜果蔬充足吗?
Plenty is also a pronoun.
2 N-UNCOUNT 富裕;富足;繁荣 Plenty is a situation in which people have a lot to eat or a lot of money to live on. 富裕;富足;繁荣 [formal]
SYN abundance, wealth, luxury, prosperity
3 ADV [ADVERB adjective/adverb] (用于形容词或副词前)非常,十分,很 You use plenty in front of adjectives or adverbs to emphasize the degree of the quality they are describing. (用于形容词或副词前)非常,十分,很 [informal, emphasis]
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The water looked plenty deep.
这水看起来很深。
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The compartment is plenty big enough.
这个隔间足够大了。
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Keep in mind you're going to be fighting lots of men who hit plenty hard.
记住你要和许多出拳非常凶狠的人交手。
4 PHRASE [n PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] 丰富地;充足地;大量地 If there are things in plenty, those things exist or happen in large amounts or numbers. 丰富地;充足地;大量地
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There were thrills in plenty on Saturday at Terrassa, where Germany won the gold medal.
周六的塔拉萨充满着紧张兴奋的气氛,德国队在此赢得了金牌。
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School inspectors visit regularly, finding everything satisfactory, books in plenty and five computer terminals.
督学定期进行检查,发现所有方面都令人满意,教材充足,还有5台计算机终端设备。
Quotations
Plenty has made me poor Ovid Metamorphoses
Thesaurus | plenty Also look up: |
QUANT. | abundance, capacity, quantity; (ant.) scarcity 1 |
Word Link | plen ≈ full : plenitude, plenty, replenish |
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