great是什么意思

详细释义

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

  • an enormous great hole 巨大的洞

  • The issue is of great importance to voters. 对选民们来说这个问题意义重大。

  • The improvement in water standards over the last 50 years has been very great. 过去50年中，水质有了很大的提高。

  • A great many people would agree. 很多人会表示赞同。

  • The great majority of (= almost all) people would agree. 绝大多数人都会表示赞同。

  • formal It gives us great pleasure to announce the engagement of our daughter Maria. 我们非常高兴地宣布我们的女儿玛丽亚订婚了。

  • formal It is with great sorrow that I inform you of the death of our director. 我万分悲痛地通知您我们院长逝世的消息。

  • I have great sympathy for you. 我对你深表同情。

  • I spent a great deal of time there. 我在那儿度过了很长时间。

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

  • Catherine the Great 叶卡捷琳娜大帝（指叶卡捷琳娜二世）

  • the Great Wall of China 中国万里长城

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

  • X must be equal to or greater than 10. X必须大于等于10。

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

  • a great politician/leader/artist/man/woman 伟大的政治家／领导人／艺术家／人／女性

  • This is one of Rembrandt's greatest paintings. 这是伦勃朗最杰出的油画作品之一。

  • Who do you think is the greatest modern novelist? 你认为谁是最伟大的现代小说家？

• 2 extreme -- 极大的；极度的

  • great success/difficulty 巨大的胜利／极度困难

• 3 very good -- 美妙的，好极的，很棒的

  • a great idea 好主意

  • We had a great time last night at the party. 昨晚聚会上我们玩得开心极了。

  • It's great to see you after all this time! 分开那么长时间，再见到你真是太高兴了！

  • "I'll lend you the car if you like." "Great! Thanks a lot!" “你要是想开的话，我可以把车借给你。”“那太好了！多谢！”

  • "What's your new teacher like?" "Oh, he's great." “你的新老师怎么样？”“噢，他棒极了。”

  • "How are you feeling now?" "Great." “现在你的感觉怎样？”“好极了。”

  • Oh great ! That's all I need - more bills! 嘿，真绝！我最需要的就是这个——又来账单了！

• 4 used to emphasize the meaning of another word -- （表示强调）

  • a great big spider 巨型蜘蛛

  • a great long queue 排得特别长的队

  • You great idiot! 你这个大傻瓜！

  • Pat's a great friend of mine. 帕特是我非常要好的朋友。

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

  • former tennis great Arthur Ashe 前网坛名将阿瑟‧阿希

  • Woody Allen, one of the all-time greats of the cinema 伍迪‧艾伦，有史以来最伟大的电影巨擘之一

• 6 used with a word for a family member to mean one generation away from that member -- （与表示家庭成员的词连用，表示更高或更低一辈）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）孙