august

英 [ɔːˈɡʌst]

美 [ɔːˈɡʌst]

adj.  威严的; 庄严的

中考高考IELTSGRETEM8

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1239 / COCA.22206

牛津词典

adj.

• 威严的；庄严的
  impressive, making you feel respect

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有威严的；令人敬畏的
  Someone or something that isaugustis dignified and impressive.
  1. Being so near the august person of the Empress, he was overcome with awe.
     如此靠近威严的女皇，他心中充满了敬畏。
  2. ...the august surroundings of the Liberal Club.
     自由党俱乐部的庄严环境

英英释义

adj

• profoundly honored
  1. revered holy men
  Synonym:reveredvenerable
• of or befitting a lord
  1. heir to a lordly fortune
  2. of august lineage
  Synonym:grandlordly

双语例句

• They were wed at Amiens last August
  他们去年8月在亚眠结婚。
• Nicholas has bought a barn in Provence and is spending August doing it up.
  尼古拉斯在普罗旺斯买了一座条件简陋的大房子，8月份正在装修。
• Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent
  七八月间，石油产品价格下降了0.2%。
• August registrations have gone ballistic, accounting now for a quarter of the annual total.
  8月份的注册人数突然暴涨，现在已经达到了年注册量的四分之一。
• It soon emerged that neither the July nor August mortgage repayment had been collected
  很快就发现，原来7月和8月的抵押还款都没有偿还。
• When she contacted me at the beginning of August to enlist support, Sharon and I sprang into action.
  她8月初和我联系请求帮助时，我和沙伦便立即行动起来了。
• Last August he convened a meeting of his closest advisers at Camp David
  去年8月，他召集自己最亲近的顾问在戴维营开会。
• Being so near the august person of the Empress, he was overcome with awe.
  如此靠近威严的女皇，他心中充满了敬畏。
• He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September
  他在8月和9月买进了两批这家公司的股票，每次1,000股。
• It is noteworthy that the programme has been shifted from its original August slot to July
  值得注意的是该节目已从原来8月份的档期换到了7月份。