1·The argument seemed to have considerable merit.
这个论点似乎有相当大的价值。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·To be without Pearce would be a considerable blow.
要是缺了皮尔斯，那会是相当大的打击。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·He dived in to save the dog at considerable risk to his own life.
他冒着相当大的生命危险跳到水里去救那只狗。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·Student pranksters have done considerable damage to the school buildings.
恶作剧的学生对学校的建筑造成相当大的损坏。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·The movie takes considerable liberties with the novel that it is based on.
影片对小说原作作了相当大的改动。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·This considerable volume of intercommunity exchange brought a degree of social complexity in its wake.
这种数量可观的相互交易随后给社会造成了一定的复杂性。
2·But Schmidt, a 20-year veteran of the IT industry, wasn't keen on shouldering the considerable costs of creating and maintaining an OS and browser for no obvious return.
但是，在IT行业有20年经验的老兵施米特不喜欢承担数量可观的费用，来创建并维护没有明显回报的操作系统和浏览器。
3·Many people blame bad luck for their failures - especially on ventures where they invested considerable time and effort.
许多人把自己的失败归咎于运气差—尤其是在他们投入了可观的时间和精力进行冒险尝试之后。
4·They can start up, collect considerable amounts of money fromconsumers, go out of business, change their name and emerge as a new entity ina very short period of time.
它们可以把“学校建起来”，从客户那里敛足可观数量的钱之后，短时间内就换一个名字，又以新的实体出现了。
5·Some aboriginal groups now have considerable incomes from mining royalties. And the mining companies, having been intensely hostile to land rights, make great efforts to employ aborigines.
一些土著部落现在有可观的矿区使用费收入，而且一直对土地权心怀叵测的矿业公司努力雇佣土著居民。