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

• Average earnings in the economy moved up another notch in August
  8月份这个国家的平均收入又上了一个台阶。
• Take cuttings from it in July or August.
  7月或8月时从它上边剪一些插枝。
• They throng the beaches between late June and early August.
  6月底到8月初，他们群聚在海滩上。
• 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。
• This area of France has a pleasing climate in August
  法国的这一地区在8月份气候宜人。
• 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%。
• 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。
• On 20 August 1960 Senegal seceded.
  塞内加尔于1960年8月20日独立出去。
• 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。
• It begins in [ with] February, running on to August or September.
  它始于2月，一直延续至8月或9月。