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词汇 profundity
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Definition of profundity in English:

profundity

nounPlural profundities prəˈfʌndətiprəˈfəndədi
mass noun
  • 1Great depth of insight or knowledge.

    the simplicity and profundity of the message

    该启示的质朴和深刻。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ attempts profundity but doesn't quite deliver.
    • It also has the virtue of being resonant enough in its images to be psychologically (that is to say, poetically) profound, though the extent of that profundity I will leave it to others to sound.
    • He doesn't try to impress readers, or mistake obfuscation for profundity; he knows, on the contrary, that profundity and simplicity go hand in hand.
    • The very simplicity belies the profundity of the philosophy, for each title reflects a much deeper insight into a given problem and often, at the same time, hints at the mode of operation to be employed.
    • His whim about perhaps dropping out of his own wedding is real to him, embracing his impulses as though they are a form of profundity.
    • I can only describe the experience as a combination of profundity and sweetness.
    • Here was intellectual brilliance aligned with spiritual profundity.
    • The speaker can create an air of secrecy and profundity, even though what they are saying is simple.
    • The anxiety that hovers over Parry is the extent of his musical profundity and insight.
    • Even his teachers at the conservatory respected his profundity and thoroughness and called him ‘professor’.
    • This insight contains many dimensions and varying degrees of profundity and subtlety, which in a sense, can never be adequately described with language.
    • Everything is done with exaggerated slowness, which seems a rather cheap way of adding profundity to some fairly simplistic ideas about war not being a very good thing.
    • Underlying this historical analysis was a concept of philosophical profundity.
    • The profundity of Buddhist philosophy is also worthy of perseverance: it contains some of the most radical propositions in the history of human thought.
    • Indeed, the essential enigma of Taoism and Zen is the source of their wisdom and profundity - a freedom that is never enclosed by a system of understanding.
    • The very simplicity belies the profundity of his ideals, for each title reflects a much deeper insight into a given problem while outlining the mode of operation to be employed.
    • In his own way, though, he brought comfort to her with his childlike clarity, which gave him a philosopher's profundity.
    • Novelty is not synonymous with depth and profundity of insight.
    • In the meantime, the left's principal activists and opinion-makers should remember 1984 and be much more prudent with words that should never be stripped of their intended profundity.
    • We were truly impressed with his knowledge and profundity.
    Synonyms
    wisdom, (deep) insight, intelligence, sagacity, acuity, depth, profoundness, perceptiveness, penetration, perception, percipience, perspicuity, discernment, thoughtfulness
    rare sapience
    1. 1.1 Great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion.
      (状态,品质,情感的)深度;深刻;深厚
      the profundity of her misery

      她那极度的悲惨。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The moments of emotional profundity here are golden and will suffice.
      • The profundity of the experience demonstrated the transience of everyday knowledge.
      • There are moments of great emotional profundity in the film, but they're compounded by the filmmakers' reluctance to go the extra mile and put their feelings on the screen.
      • Such ignorance hardly detracts from the power or profundity of the experience.
      • It locates the sources of poetic excellence in the profundity of the writer's emotions and the seriousness of his thought.
      Synonyms
      intensity, depth, extremity, severity, keenness, profoundness, strength
    2. 1.2count noun A statement or idea that shows great knowledge or insight.
      含义深刻的话,深邃的思想
      such well-articulated profundities as ‘You're some kinda woman.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The dialogue is sparse and when the characters do speak, it's clunkily written, laden with insipid profundities, and often badly delivered.
      • Do directors and actors have the time and patience to go into profundities?
      • We could have spent our spare time studying the profundities of the Torah.
      • It would seem that this choreographer sincerely believes dance to be an apt vehicle for representing not merely complex psychological relationships but philosophical profundities as well.
      • For that matter, why does a would-be bedroom farce also try to utter philosophic profundities?
      • Song lyrics don't exactly overflow with profundities.
      • The moments of brilliance and detached profundities are engulfed by too many false starts and half-baked ideas.
      • Simple phrases, simple moments translate into great profundities.
      • Students who sign on for philosophy courses eager for obscure profundities, wild speculation and reflections on the meaning or, even better, the meaninglessness of life are sorely disappointed.
      • Time's article, on the other hand, didn't ponder such profundities of belief.
      • Sandra Bullock is Sidda, a famous playwright who mines her ‘terrible’ childhood for profundities.
      • I found it to be wickedly intriguing, filled with dark profundities and rich subtext.

Rhymes

fecundity, jocundity, moribundity, rotundity, rubicundity

Definition of profundity in US English:

profundity

nounprəˈfəndədēprəˈfəndədi
  • 1Deep insight; great depth of knowledge or thought.

    深刻的洞察力;渊博的知识;深邃的思想

    the simplicity and profundity of the message

    该启示的质朴和深刻。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his own way, though, he brought comfort to her with his childlike clarity, which gave him a philosopher's profundity.
    • The profundity of Buddhist philosophy is also worthy of perseverance: it contains some of the most radical propositions in the history of human thought.
    • His whim about perhaps dropping out of his own wedding is real to him, embracing his impulses as though they are a form of profundity.
    • The anxiety that hovers over Parry is the extent of his musical profundity and insight.
    • This insight contains many dimensions and varying degrees of profundity and subtlety, which in a sense, can never be adequately described with language.
    • Even his teachers at the conservatory respected his profundity and thoroughness and called him ‘professor’.
    • Underlying this historical analysis was a concept of philosophical profundity.
    • ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ attempts profundity but doesn't quite deliver.
    • The speaker can create an air of secrecy and profundity, even though what they are saying is simple.
    • Novelty is not synonymous with depth and profundity of insight.
    • The very simplicity belies the profundity of the philosophy, for each title reflects a much deeper insight into a given problem and often, at the same time, hints at the mode of operation to be employed.
    • In the meantime, the left's principal activists and opinion-makers should remember 1984 and be much more prudent with words that should never be stripped of their intended profundity.
    • The very simplicity belies the profundity of his ideals, for each title reflects a much deeper insight into a given problem while outlining the mode of operation to be employed.
    • I can only describe the experience as a combination of profundity and sweetness.
    • We were truly impressed with his knowledge and profundity.
    • Everything is done with exaggerated slowness, which seems a rather cheap way of adding profundity to some fairly simplistic ideas about war not being a very good thing.
    • Here was intellectual brilliance aligned with spiritual profundity.
    • He doesn't try to impress readers, or mistake obfuscation for profundity; he knows, on the contrary, that profundity and simplicity go hand in hand.
    • It also has the virtue of being resonant enough in its images to be psychologically (that is to say, poetically) profound, though the extent of that profundity I will leave it to others to sound.
    • Indeed, the essential enigma of Taoism and Zen is the source of their wisdom and profundity - a freedom that is never enclosed by a system of understanding.
    Synonyms
    wisdom, insight, deep insight, intelligence, sagacity, acuity, depth, profoundness, perceptiveness, penetration, perception, percipience, perspicuity, discernment, thoughtfulness
    1. 1.1 Great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion.
      (状态,品质,情感的)深度;深刻;深厚
      the profundity of her misery

      她那极度的悲惨。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It locates the sources of poetic excellence in the profundity of the writer's emotions and the seriousness of his thought.
      • There are moments of great emotional profundity in the film, but they're compounded by the filmmakers' reluctance to go the extra mile and put their feelings on the screen.
      • Such ignorance hardly detracts from the power or profundity of the experience.
      • The profundity of the experience demonstrated the transience of everyday knowledge.
      • The moments of emotional profundity here are golden and will suffice.
      Synonyms
      intensity, depth, extremity, severity, keenness, profoundness, strength
    2. 1.2 A statement or idea that shows great knowledge or insight.
      含义深刻的话,深邃的思想
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Simple phrases, simple moments translate into great profundities.
      • The moments of brilliance and detached profundities are engulfed by too many false starts and half-baked ideas.
      • Time's article, on the other hand, didn't ponder such profundities of belief.
      • For that matter, why does a would-be bedroom farce also try to utter philosophic profundities?
      • We could have spent our spare time studying the profundities of the Torah.
      • It would seem that this choreographer sincerely believes dance to be an apt vehicle for representing not merely complex psychological relationships but philosophical profundities as well.
      • I found it to be wickedly intriguing, filled with dark profundities and rich subtext.
      • Do directors and actors have the time and patience to go into profundities?
      • The dialogue is sparse and when the characters do speak, it's clunkily written, laden with insipid profundities, and often badly delivered.
      • Sandra Bullock is Sidda, a famous playwright who mines her ‘terrible’ childhood for profundities.
      • Song lyrics don't exactly overflow with profundities.
      • Students who sign on for philosophy courses eager for obscure profundities, wild speculation and reflections on the meaning or, even better, the meaninglessness of life are sorely disappointed.
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