[TOP]leviathan le·via·than / ləˈvaiəθən / noun1. (in the ɑible) a very large sea monster 里外雅堂,利韦亚坦(《圣经》中的怪兽) 2. (literary) a very large and powerful thing 庞然大物: the leviathan of government bureaucracy 政府庞大的官僚机构 [TOP]leviathan le·vi·a·than / lɪˈvaɪəθən ; lɪˈvaɪəθən / noun [C] [literary] 1. something very large and strong 庞然大物: a leviathan of a ship 巨轮 2. a very large and frightening sea animal 海怪 [TOP]leviathan(also Leviathan) [lə'vaɪə.θən] noun countable literary » something or someone that is extremely large and powerful 庞然大物；巨人，强者 The US is seen as an economic leviathan. 美国被视为经济巨人。 [TOP]leviathan
1.N-COUNT 可数名词 庞然大物；巨无霸 A leviathan is something which is extremely large and difficult to control, and which you find rather frightening.
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Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century. 民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。