immense

将“immense”分解为“im”和“mense”。想象“im”是“in”的省略，表示“在里面”，而“mense”可以联想为“mansion”，即大宅邸。将这两个部分结合起来，想象一个巨大的宅邸隐藏在“里面”，以此来记忆“immense”表示极大的、巨大的含义。

immense 巨大的

im-,不，非，-mens,测量，词源同meter,measurable.即没法测量的，巨大的。

immense

immense: see measure

immense (adj.)

early 15c., from Middle French immense (mid-14c.), from Latin immensus "immeasurable, boundless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mensus "measured," past participle of metiri (see measure).

For instance, a long while every thing was immense great and immense little, immense handsome and immense ugly. Miss Tippet from the cloisters, could not drink tea with Master Parchment at the White Conduit-house, unless it was an immense fine day, yet probably it might rain so immense, there was no going without a coach. ["Town and Country Magazine" (in "Annual Register" for 1772)]

1. I'd seen it before in people who held immense power.

我以前曾在掌握大权的人身上看到过这种情况。

2. We are not in this to reap immense financial rewards.

我们从事这一行不是为了获得巨大的经济回报。

3. He said he retained immense regard and esteem for the prime minister.

他说他一直极其尊重和敬仰首相。

4. The immense difficulties facing European businessmen in Russia were only too evident.

在俄罗斯的欧洲商人所面临的巨大困难是显而易见的。

5. I think our main feeling would be of an immense gratitude.

我觉得充斥我们心中的将是一种强烈的感激之情。

【tremendous, colossal, huge, gigantic, massive, vast, enormous, immense, giant】
这组词都有“巨大的，庞大的”的意思，其区别是：
tremendous: 指某物很大，大得惊人；也可用作引申意义。
colossal: 侧重尺寸、规模和体积的无比巨大。
huge: 含义广，强调体积或容积的庞大。也可用于引申意义。
gigantic: 指面积或体积的巨大，但多用于引申意义。
massive: 指大的体积、数量和重量，侧重庞大而笨重。
vast: 多指空间、面积、范围的巨大，不涉及重量。
enormous: 指体积、数量或程度远远超过一般标准。
immense: 正式用词，侧重空间的广阔，也指面积或分量的巨大。
giant: 非正式用词，多为褒义。指如巨人般的庞大体积。