earth-shattering

英 [ˈɜːθ ʃætərɪŋ]

美 [ˈɜːrθ ʃætərɪŋ]

adj.  震撼世界的; 影响深远的; 极其重大的

牛津词典

adj.

• 震撼世界的；影响深远的；极其重大的
  having a very great effect and of great importance
  1. an earth-shattering discovery
     惊天动地的发现

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 惊天动地的;令人震惊的
  Something that isearth-shatteringis very surprising or shocking.
  1. ...earth-shattering news.
     惊天动地的新闻

双语例句

• It doesn't just apply to earth-shattering events.
  就没有什么“惊天动地”的应用么？
• But changes should be tweaks, not earth-shattering imports of whoever happens to be hot at the moment.
  但阵容的改变应该是细微的，不会有大幅度的人员变动。
• Hardly earth-shattering code, but it gives us a starting point.
  这算不上什么令人惊讶的代码，但给我们提供了一个起点。
• Yet the majority of dealers offered them nothing earth-shattering to get excited about.
  然而大多数经销商没能提供有震撼力的、令人兴奋的作品。
• Sound earth-shattering noise, the earth shook violently for both sides followed the collapse of buildings, and set off a Unit dust.
  一声惊天动地的巨响，大地剧烈的震动起来，两边的楼房随之倒塌了，掀起一股股尘埃。
• The surprising, the earth-shattering and the paradigm-shifts come only to those who would boldly go where no one has gone before.
  只有人放胆往无人去过的地方时，惊天动地及典范性的变化才会显现。
• On the surface, the changes hardly sounds earth-shattering.
  从表面上看，这个变化并不是什么惊天动地的事。
• The President's assassination was an event of earth-shattering importance.
  总统被暗杀是震憾全世界的重大事件。
• By the standard of uprisings in the Arab world, the political changes unfolding in Singapore are hardly earth-shattering.
  以阿拉伯世界之春的标准衡量，新加坡方兴未艾的政治变革很难算得上惊天动地。
• Using a variety of tongue-in-cheek models usually applied to complex questions of bond markets or credit default swaps, most analysts have ended up with far from earth-shattering tips, backing favourites Spain or Germany.
  他们半开玩笑地使用多种经济模型进行预测，这些经济模型通常用于债券市场或信用违约掉期等复杂问题。多数经济学家经过预测得出结论称，西班牙队和德国队是夺冠热门。