profound

英 [prə'faʊnd] 美[prə'faʊnd]

adj. 深厚的；意义深远的；渊博的

近义词 deep intense extreme serious great

反义词 shallow

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英英释义

1. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being;: "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"

2. of the greatest intensity; complete;: "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"

3. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something;: "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"

4. coming from deep within one;: "a profound sigh"

5. (of sleep) deep and complete;: "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

6. situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed;: "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"

同义词辨析

deep, profound

这两个形容词都有表示"深的"之意。

deep：普通用词，指由上到下，或由表及里的深度，可指具体或抽象事物。

profound：语气较强，较为庄重，多指抽象的事物，多用于比喻。

考试真题

Profound changes in the workforce are making teams trickier to manage.

What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s.

His profound insight about consumers' needs in general.

It is my profound belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.

What is the author's profound belief

A multi-stage life will have profound changes not just in how you manage your career, but also in your approach to life.

Twitter's huge success is rooted in the simple but profound insight that in a medium with infinite space for self-expression, the most interesting thing we can do is restrict ourselves to 140 characters.

For one thing, our index backs up a simple but profound statement made by Hillary Clinton at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit

Even so, the shift in the centre of gravity to older age groups is bound to have a profound effect on societies, not just economically and politically but in all sorts of other ways too.

The profound connection between identity and communication is dramatically evident in children who are deprived of human contact.

There's this peer-to-peer nature of health care these days with a profound opportunity for parents to learn helpful tips, safety and prevention efforts, pro-vaccine messages and all kinds of other messages from other parents in their social communities.

Nor was there any evidence that those who self-enhanced the most were doing so to make up for profound insecurities.

The insight that curiosity can drive you to do self-destructive things is a profound one.

This aversion to arguments is common, but it depends on a mistaken view of arguments that causes profound problems for our personal and social lives- and in many ways misses the point of arguing in the first place.

实用场景例句

profound changes in the earth's climate: 地球气候的巨大变化

My father's death had a profound effect on us all.: 父亲的去世深深地影响了我们全家。

profound insights: 精辟的见解

a profound book: 深奥的书

profound questions about life and death: 生死方面的玄奥问题

profound disability: 严重残疾

...discoveries which had a profound effect on many areas of medicine.: 对很多医学领域产生了深刻影响的发现

...profound disagreement...: 严重的分歧

This is a book full of profound, original and challenging insights.: 这本书充满了深刻、新颖、令人深思的见解。

...one of the country's most profound minds.: 该国知识最渊博的人之一

The feeling or tone of a market ( i . e . crowd psychology ).: 对股市的感觉或 ( 即人群心理 ) 基调.

All at once I fell into a state of profound melancholy.: 我立即陷入无限的愁思之中.

Profound silence prevailed on the open countryside.: 四野茫茫,寂静无声.

His lectures always proceed from the close to the distant and from the elementary to the profound.: 他讲课总是由近及远,由浅入深.

A profound melancholy seized her.: 一阵极度的凄伤袭上她的心头.

He has a profound knowledge of mathematics.: 他数学知识渊博.

The profound erudition of the writer came from long years of study.: 这位作家渊博的学问来自长年累月的钻研.

He conceived a profound hatred for his enemies.: 他对敌人有刻骨的仇恨.

This story contains a profound lesson.: 这个故事寓有深意.

This remark has profound implications.: 这句话含义深刻.

All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.: 他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中.

His knowledge about the subject is very profound.: 他在这方面的知识非常渊深.

I give you my profound thanks for saving my life.: 我对您的救命之恩深表谢意.

Between the peoples of China and the Soviet Union there is a profound friendship.: 中苏两国人民之间存在着深厚的友谊.

If you want to acquire profound knowledge, you must start from the ABC.: 要想造就高深的学问, 就得从基础学起.

中文词源

profound 深邃的，深远的，深刻的

来自拉丁语profundus,深的，无底的，来自pro-,向前，朝向，fundus,底部，词源同fundamental,bottom.引申词义深邃的，深远的等。拼写受found影响。

助记提示

1. pro- "forth" + found- "bottom".
2. 表示：底部伸向前面很远的地方。=> deep.
3. => 深刻的，极大的，高深的，深奥的，意义深远的。

双语例句

1. President Castro has warned Cubans to prepare for a profound economic emergency.: 卡斯特罗主席已经提醒古巴人民为严重的经济危急状况做准备。

2. The illness had a profound effect on his outlook.: 这场病对他的人生观产生了深刻的影响。

3. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.: 这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。

4. The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger.: 最强烈的感觉就是深深的震惊和愤怒。

5. His influence has been profound, but it has been indirect.: 他的影响是深远的，但不是直接的。

英文词源

profound (adj.): c. 1300, "characterized by intellectual depth," from Old French profund (12c., Modern French profond), from Latin profundus "deep, bottomless, vast," also "obscure; profound; immoderate," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + fundus "bottom" (see fund (n.)). The literal and figurative senses both were in Latin, but English, having already deep, employed this word primarily in its figurative sense. Related: Profoundly.

词态变化

比较级: profounder;最高级: profoundest;