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

• 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%。
• 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。
• Negotiators from the three countries finalized the agreement in August
  8月里三国谈判人员最终敲定了协议。
• The Great War started in August of that year
  第一次世界大战于那年8月爆发。
• 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。
• The letter was franked in London on August 6.
  这封信8月6日在伦敦盖过免费邮戳。
• 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。
• They were wed at Amiens last August
  他们去年8月在亚眠结婚。
• 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。