great是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 large in amount, size, or degree -- 大量的；巨大的；強烈的

  • an enormous great hole 巨大的洞

  • The issue is of great importance to voters. 對選民們來說這個問題意義重大。

  • The improvement in water standards over the last 50 years has been very great. 過去50年，水質有了很大的提高。

  • A great many people would agree. 很多人會表示贊同。

  • The great majority of (= almost all) people would agree. 絕大多數人都會表示贊同。

  • formal It gives us great pleasure to announce the engagement of our daughter Maria. 我們非常高興地宣佈我們的女兒瑪利亞訂婚了。

  • formal It is with great sorrow that I inform you of the death of our director. 我萬分悲痛地通知您我們院長逝世的消息。

  • I have great sympathy for you. 我對你深表同情。

  • I spent a great deal of time there. 我在那裡度過了很長時間。

  • a Great Dane (= large type of dog) 大丹尼犬

  • Catherine the Great 凱瑟琳大帝（指葉卡捷琳娜二世）

  • the Great Wall of China 中國萬裡長城

  • the Great Bear (= group of stars) 大熊星座

  • X must be equal to or greater than 10. X必須大於等於10。

• 1 famous, powerful, or important as one of a particular type -- 卓越的，偉大的，傑出的，重大的

  • a great politician/leader/artist/man/woman 偉大的政治家／領導人／藝術家／人／女性

  • This is one of Rembrandt's greatest paintings. 這是倫勃朗最傑出的油畫作品之一。

  • Who do you think is the greatest modern novelist? 你認為誰是最偉大的現代小說家？

• 2 extreme -- 極大的；極度的

  • great success/difficulty 巨大的勝利／極度困難

• 3 very good -- 美妙的，好極的，很棒的

  • a great idea 好主意

  • We had a great time last night at the party. 昨晚聚會上我們玩得非常開心。

  • It's great to see you after all this time! 分開那麼長時間，再見到你真是太高興了！

  • "I'll lend you the car if you like." "Great! Thanks a lot!" 「要是你想用的話，我可以把車借給你。」「那太好了！多謝！」

  • "What's your new teacher like?" "Oh, he's great." 「你的新老師怎樣？」「噢，他非常好。」

  • "How are you feeling now?" "Great." 「現在你的感覺怎樣？」「太好了。」

  • Oh great ! That's all I need - more bills! 嘿，真絕！我最需要的就是這個——又來帳單了！

• 4 used to emphasize the meaning of another word -- （表示強調）

  • a great big spider 巨型蜘蛛

  • a great long queue 排得特別長的隊

  • You great idiot! 你這個大傻瓜！

  • Pat's a great friend of mine. 派特是我的好朋友。

• 5 a famous person in a particular area of activity -- 偉人，大人物，名人

  • former tennis great Arthur Ashe 前網壇名將亞瑟‧阿什

  • Woody Allen, one of the all-time greats of the cinema 伍迪‧艾倫，有史以來最偉大的電影巨擘之一

• 6 used with a word for a family member to mean one generation away from that member -- （與表示家庭成員的詞連用，表示更高或更低一輩）曾

  • your great-grandmother (= the grandmother of one of your parents) 你的（外）曾祖母

  • your great-grandson (= the grandson of your child) 你的曾（外）孫