notably large in size, amount, or extent 相当大的;相当多的;相当重要的 a position of considerable influence. 相当有影响力的职位。 ■(of a person) having merit or distinction (人)显要的,著名的;值得尊敬的 Snow was a limited, but still considerable, novelist. 斯诺虽然才能有限,但仍是个著名的小说家。
派生 considerably adverb 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'capable of being considered'): from medieval Latin considerabilis 'worthy of consideration', from Latin considerare (see consider)