1. remarkable
She achieved remarkable results.
If it had not been for antibiotics, medicine would not have made such remarkable progress.
It’s quite a remarkable achievement that Giles got straight As in his A levels, don’t you think?
Moral and physical development are remarkable in the youth.
We can travel through time. And we do at the remarkable rate of one second per second.
In this paper they made the remarkable prediction that radiation (in the form of photons) from the very hot stages of the universe should still be around today.
The truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
People in such countries, especially the ASEAN countries, believe that the secret of Japan's remarkable economic growth is education.
Definition someone or something that is remarkable is unusual and impressive
Or you can take a step back and apply the general principles of the Bauhaus, ending up with a remarkable looking building, simply by using geometric shapes and unusual angles
The remarkable thing is not just how many people are coming, but who
This is a truly remarkable document, much better than the previous versions, and it constitutes a firm basis for all manner of reflections on the future of cohesion within Europe.
Worthy of attention; striking. A remarkable coincidence.
Could you recommend a remarkable book?
2. conspicuous
Hummer limousines are the ultimate symbol of conspicuous consumption.
The event was a conspicuous success (= a very great one).
He was conspicuous by his absence.
Her freckles were more conspicuous than usual.
The scar on his forehead is conspicuous.
conspicuous strength
Her absance was conspicuous.
But instead of commendations, I found a conspicuous comment scrawled at the top of the paper: “Your french spelling is unacceptable”.
People are likely to engage in conspicuous consumption when they know that their purchases will get them ahead of their peers in the status hierarhy.
he was very thin with a conspicuous adams apple
to seek to attract attention by conspicuous behavior <boys showing off for the girls>
I’m definitely not a conspicuous consumer – I always buy the cheapest brands.
He wears highly conspicuous clothes – they’re so bright.
Mary's gorgeous red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
英语 单词“dikkat çekici“(conspicuous)出现在集合中:
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