profundity
UK/prəu'fʌndəti/US/prә'fʌndәti/
B1
Definitions
n.
Great depth of thought, insight, or feeling
深刻，深邃
n.
A profound statement or idea
深邃的见解，至理名言
Root Breakdown
Native Englishprofound + -ity (noun of quality). The noun keeps the Latin -fund- spelling (not 'profoundity'): the quality of being profound — depth of thought or feeling.
Root fund still carries 32 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.intellectual profundity思想深度
- 2.emotional profundity情感深度
- 3.[speak with profundity]深刻地表达
- 4.depth and profundity深度与深邃
Example Sentences
- 1.
Readers were struck by the profundity of her insight.