impressive, making you feel respect 威严的;庄严的 an august group of statesmen 一群庄严的政治家 He had dared to challenge the views of an august body of imperial historians. 他敢于挑战一群庄严的帝国历史学家的观点。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAugust is used with these nouns:- journal
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French auguste or Latin augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’.