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

• The climax came one sultry August evening.
  在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
• 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%。
• 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。
• In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
  1968年8月，妇女在美国小姐选美大赛举行了游行示威。
• 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。
• Until August of this year there was no complete translation of the New Testament in Mongolian.
  直到今年8月，还没有《新约全书》的蒙古语全译本。
• The registration form showed his date of birth as August 2, 1979.
  登记表显示他的出生日期是1979年8月2号。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。