Profusion

(noun.) the property of being extremely abundant; 'the profusion of detail'; 'the idiomatic richness of English'.

整理:伊冯

• The profits of it only are spent in Spain and Portugal, where they help to support the sumptuous profusion of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was naturally to be expected, therefore, that folly, negligence, and profusion, should prevail in the whole management of their affairs. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Large glass doors at the lower end opened on to a terrace, beautifully ornamented along its whole length with a profusion of flowers. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Sheep-marks there were in profusion, and at one place, some miles down, cows had left their tracks. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Your profusion makes me saving; and if you lament over him much longer, my heart will be as light as a feather. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Wherever white tile is not possible, white paint is used in profusion. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When the helmet was removed, the well-formed, yet sun-burnt features of a young man of twenty-five were seen, amidst a profusion of short fair hair. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Helena had evidently inoculated her father's subjects with a love for flowers, as on every side the eye was dazzled with a profusion of bright tints. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• This report, however, was very meager and lacking in any profusion of mechanical detail. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A profusion of full-grown artificial wheat was scattered over her head in grotesque confusion. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• We should rejoice at that, for profusion means fertility; where a dead uniformity ceases, invention and ingenuity flourish. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The hair was to fall over the neck and face in a profusion of careless ringlets, and, inside my vest, an Indian amber-coloured hankerchief. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• No accumulation could have supported so great an annual profusion. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Such nations are always strangers to every sort of luxury, and great wealth can scarce ever be dissipated among them by improvident profusion. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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