profundity

英 [prəˈfʌndəti]

美 [prəˈfʌndəti]

n. (理解或处理问题的)深刻性，彻底性; 巨大; 严重; 强大; 深奥的话; 意味深长的话

BNC.33948 / COCA.26863

牛津词典

noun

（理解或处理问题的）深刻性，彻底性
the quality of understanding or dealing with a subject at a very serious level
1. He lacked profundity and analytical precision.
  他缺乏深度和分析的精确性。
巨大；严重；强大
the quality of being very great, serious or powerful
1. the profundity of her misery
  她的苦难之深
深奥的话；意味深长的话
something that sb says that shows great understanding
1. His profundities were lost on the young audience.
  他语重心长，但年轻的听众却没有领会。

N-UNCOUNT 深奥；深刻
Profundityis great intellectual depth and understanding.
1. The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness.
  这本书极为深入浅出。
N-UNCOUNT （情感、经历、变化等的）深厚，深刻，深切
If you refer to theprofundity ofa feeling, experience, or change, you mean that it is deep, powerful, or serious.
1. ...the profundity of the structural problems besetting the country.
  困扰这个国家的严重的结构性问题
N-COUNT 深刻的话语；深奥的话语
Aprofundityis a remark that shows great intellectual depth and understanding.
1. His work is full of profundities and asides concerning the human condition.
  他的作品充满了有关人类境况的深邃见解和话外音。

noun

intellectual depth
1. the depth of my feeling
2. the profoundness of the silence
Synonym:profoundness
the quality of being physically deep
1. the profundity of the mine was almost a mile
Synonym:deepnessprofoundness
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
Synonym:astutenessprofoundnessdepthdeepness
wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
1. the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
Synonym:reconditenessabstrusenessabstrusityprofoundness