considerable是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 相当大的; 重要的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Glass, which breaks at a blow, is, nevertheless, capable of offering considerable resistance.
-- "Right!But I told you, M. Aronnax, that the pumps of the Nautilus allow me to store the air under considerable pressure, and on those conditions the reservoir of the apparatus can furnish breathable air for nine or ten hours."
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- You have lived here a considerable time,' I commenced; 'did you not say sixteen years?
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