considerable

adj. 相当大的；重要的，值得考虑的

adj.

相当大（或多）的；该注意的，应考虑的；

双语释义

[A]相当大(或多)的 fairly large or great; of an amount or degree that must be taken seriously

英英释义

considerable[ kən'sidərəbl ]

adj.large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

"a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

considerable distance相当大的距离

considerable expense相当大的花费

considerable quantity相当大的数量

considerable time相当长的一段时间

considerable use相当大的用途

同近义词辨析

considerate 考虑周到的，体谅的。如：It was considerate of you not to trouble us.(你真体贴人，不打扰我们。)

considerable 相当多的，可观的。如：He met a considerable amount of trouble.(他遇到了许多麻烦。)

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The mayor is a considerable official.
市长是一位重要的官员。

He is a considerable person in that college.
他是那所学院相当重要的人物。

The economy was a considerable issue in the campaign.
在竞选运动中经济是一个重要问题。

His remarks provoked considerable comment.
他的话引起了相当大的议论。

Your work shows considerable improvement.
你的工作显示出相当大的改进。

The design requires considerable modification.
这个设计需要大的修改。

It is a considerable sum of money.
那是一笔数量可观的钱。

He was a man of considerable wealth.
他是个有可观的财富的人。

权威例句

considerable (adj.)

mid-15c., "capable of being considered," from Medieval Latin considerabilis "worthy to be considered," from Latin considerare (see consider). Meaning "pretty large" is from 1640s (implied in considerably).

CONSIDERABLE. This word is still frequently used in the manner out by Dr. Witherspoon in the following remark: "He is considerable of a surveyor; considerable of it may found in the country. This manner of speaking in the northern parts." [Pickering, 1816]

1. Unfortunately, this savings comes at the cost of considerable user confusion.

滚翻按钮是一种用于节约界面空间的最常用控件变体，但这却让用户极度困惑。

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2. Icon design and rendering is a craft in and of itself; rendering understandable images at low resolution takes considerable time and practice and is better left to trained visual designers.

图标设计和绘制本身是一门工艺，要用较低分辨率来绘制出可以让然看得懂的图片。 为此需要大量的时间和工作，这项工作最好交给有经验的视觉设计者来完成。

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3. Personas, like many powerful tools, are simple in concept but must be applied with considerable sophistication.

和其他很多强有力的工具一样，人物角色的概念虽然简单，但使用起来却相当复杂。

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4. While an attribute-based retrieval system can find documents for users without users ever having to explicitly organize documents in advance, there is also considerable value in allowing users to tag or manually specify attributes about documents.

使用者无须事先将文件组织起来，就可以利用基于属性的检索系统来查找文件。 这时如果用户可以为文档设置标签或者手工指定属性，这无疑也是非常有价值的。

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5. Working with precision on three-dimensional objects presents considerable interaction challenges for users equipped with 2D input devices and displays.

对于只装备了二维输入设备和显示器的用户来说，精确地处理三维对象无疑对交互提出了重大挑战。

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6. Well-written text can make check boxes unambiguous. However, this exacting text forces users to slow down to read it, and takes a considerable amount of real estate.

确切的文本使复选框清楚明确，但也使用户不得不放慢速度阅读，而且占据了数量可观的屏幕空间。

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7. Although this approach is unfortunate from an interaction perspective, it is a de facto standard, and there is considerable resistance to improving it.

虽然从交互的角度看，这种方法很不合适。 但事实上情况就是这样的，要改进它存在着很多阻力。

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8. Yet, when we examine current implementations and uses of Undo from a Goal-Directed point of view, we see considerable variation in purpose and method.

然而当我们从目标导向的视角来看撤销时，在意图和方法方面存在很多变体。

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9. And even when you believe you have the right concept, it takes considerable hard work, diligence, and skill to execute it well.

即使你认为你有正确的概念，还是需要花费相当多艰苦的工作、勤奋和技能来实现它。

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10. As a result of four days of research, we were able to help our client make a decision to put a hold on the product, which likely ended up saving them a considerable investment.

经过4天的用户研究，我们帮助客户做出如下决策。 即延迟开发这一产品，他们很可能因此节省了大笔投资。

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