loom large

WORRIEDto seem important, worrying, and difficult to avoid 显得沉重且无法回避

Fear of failure loomed large in his mind.

对失败的担忧沉重地压在他的心头。

Examples from the Corpus

loom large• However, now another objection begins to loom large.• The human factor also looms large in Bamford's presentation of the agency's strengths and weaknesses.• Our man at the Yard Historic landmark buildings loom large in Geoff Lewry's life.• Blackmail has always loomed large in intelligence work, but never more so than today.• My 40th birthday has loomed larger in my mind with each passing day.• The formal processes of the law, indeed, do not loom large in the field officer's routine activities.• And four years after his death, one month short of his 101st birthday in 1993, he looms larger than ever.• Tragedy looms larger than farce in the United States today.• While practical issues of meshing motherhood with modern life loom large, the greatest challenges are still psychological.

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