plenitude

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plen·i·tude /ˈplenɪtjuːd $ -tuːd/ noun [uncountableU] literary

1 a plenitude of something literary LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large amount of something 大量的某物，丰富的某物

a plenitude of wealth

大量的财富

Examples from the Corpus

a plenitude of something• a plenitude of hope• Not all such performances are inspiring, however, and a plenitude of decibels does not compensate for lack of quality.• There is no human being walking on earth today who does not have a plenitude of prenatals. 7.• Jugs were full of flowers from the garden where summer had revealed a plenitude of roses and lilies.

2. COMPLETEFULLcompleteness or fullness 完全；充分

Examples from the Corpus

plenitude• Not all such performances are inspiring, however, and a plenitude of decibels does not compensate for lack of quality.• Jugs were full of flowers from the garden where summer had revealed a plenitude of roses and lilies.• Some sixty years later, Zenas Leonard would also find himself overcome by California plenitude.• But the important consideration was that life should recover its plenitude, its normal contented turgidity.• So far, however, there is little encouraging information about the materials' plenitude or availability around the world.• Only to St Peter had the plenitude of power thus been given.

Origin plenitude

(1400-1500) Old French Latin plenitudo, from plenus; → PLENTY3

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BNC: 39191 COCA: 27018

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