great
美 [ɡreɪt]
英 [ɡreɪt] 
- adj.大的;巨大的;数量大的;众多的
- adv.很好地;极好地;很棒地
- n.名人;伟人;伟大的事物
- 网络太好了;很大;好极了
词形变化
比较级:greater 最高级:greatest 复数:greats 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
大large
1. | [ubn] 大的;巨大的;数量大的;众多的very large; much bigger than average in size or quantity |
| A great crowd had gathered. 一大群人聚集在一起。 |
| People were arriving in great numbers. 人们大批到来。 |
| The great majority of(= most) people seem to agree with this view. 大多数人似乎都同意这种观点。 |
| He must have fallen from a great height. 他肯定是从很高的地方摔下来的。 |
| She lived to a great age. 她活了很大岁数。 |
2. | [obn]
(强调尺寸、体积或质量)很used to emphasize an adjective of size or quality |
| There was a great big pile of books on the table. 桌上有很大一摞书。 |
| He cut himself a great thick slice of cake. 他给自己切了厚厚的一大块蛋糕。 |
3. | 非常的;很多的;极大的much more than average in degree or quantity |
| a matter of great importance 非常重要的事 |
| The concert had been a great success. 音乐会非常成功。 |
| Her death was a great shock to us all. 她的死使我们所有人都感到非常震惊。 |
| It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today. 今天能在这里欢迎您是我极大的荣幸。 |
| Take great care of it. 对此要多加小心。 |
| You've been a great help. 你帮了大忙。 |
| We are all to a great extent the products of our culture. 我们在很大程度上都是所属文化的产物。 |
受赞赏admired
4. | 伟大的;优秀的;杰出的;卓越的extremely good in ability or quality and therefore admired by many people |
| He has been described as the world's greatest violinist. 他被称为世界上最杰出的小提琴手。 |
| Sherlock Holmes, the great detective 赫赫有名的侦探福尔摩斯 |
| Great art has the power to change lives. 伟大艺术品有着改变人们生活的力量。 |
好good
5. |
美妙的;好极的;使人快乐的very good or pleasant |
| He's a great bloke. 他是个大好人。 |
| It's great to see you again. 很高兴再次见到你。 |
| What a great goal! 这球进得真妙! |
| We had a great time in Madrid. 我们在马德里玩得很开心。 |
| ‘I'll pick you up at seven.’ ‘That'll be great, thanks.’ “我七点钟来接你。”“太好了,谢谢。” |
| Oh great, they left without us. 啊,真绝,他们撇下我们走了。 |
| You've been a great help, I must say(= no help at all) . 依我看,你真是帮了个大忙啊(指帮倒忙)。 |
重要;给人深刻印象important/impressive
6. | [obn] 重要的;重大的;给人深刻印象的important and impressive |
| The wedding was a great occasion. 这婚礼可是一大盛典。 |
| As the great day approached, she grew more and more nervous. 随着这重大日子的临近,她心情越来越紧张。 |
| The great thing is to get it done quickly. 重要的是尽快将它完成。 |
| One great advantage of this metal is that it doesn't rust. 这金属最大的一个优点就是不生锈。 |
有影响with influence
7. | 地位高的;位高权重的;影响大的having high status or a lot of influence |
| the great powers(= important and powerful countries) 大国 |
| We can make this country great again. 我们可以使这个国家再次强大起来。 |
| Alexander the Great 亚历山大大帝 |
健康in good health
8. | 身心健康的;心情愉快的in a very good state of physical or mental health |
| She seemed in great spirits(= very cheerful) . 她好像心情很不错。 |
| I feel great today. 我今天感觉特别好。 |
| Everyone's in great form. 每个人的状态都很好。 |
熟练skilled
9. | [nubn]
~ at (doing) sth 擅长;精通able to do sth well |
| She's great at chess. 她国际象棋下得很好。 |
有用useful
10. |
~ for (doing) sth 适合;(对…)有用very suitable or useful for sth |
| This gadget's great for opening jars. 这小玩意儿开广口瓶挺好。 |
| Try this cream─it's great for spots. 试试这种乳霜吧,对皮肤斑点挺有效。 |
强调for emphasis
11. | [obn] (强调某种情况)used when you are emphasizing a particular description of sb/sth |
| We are great friends. 我们是最要好的朋友。 |
| I've never been a great reader(= I do not read much) . 我从来都看书不多。 |
| She's a great talker, isn't she? 她是个话匣子,对不对? |
家庭family
12. | (冠于家庭成员的称呼前,表示更高或更低一辈的亲属关系)added to words for family members to show a further stage in relationship |
| my great-aunt(= my father's or mother's aunt) 我的姑婆╱姨婆 |
| her great-grandson(= the grandson of her son or daughter) 她的曾孙 |
| my great-great-grandfather(= the grandfather of my grandfather) 我的高祖 |
较大的动物╱植物larger animals/plants
13. | [obn] (用于相似动植物中较大者的名称前)大used in the names of animals or plants which are larger than similar kinds |
城市名city name
14. | (与城市名连用,指包括市区和周围广大地区在内的区域)大used with the name of a city to describe an area that includes the centre of the city and a large area all round it |
1. | [usupl]
名人;伟人;伟大的事物a very well-known and successful person or thing |
| He was one of boxing's all-time greats. 他是一位空前的拳击好手。 |
| Well done. You did great. 干得好。你干得真棒。 |
习惯用语
be going great guns
做得快;顺利;成功to be doing sth quickly and successfully
| Work is going great guns now. 目前工作很顺利。 |
be a great one for (doing) sth
老做,总是做,喜欢做(某事)to do sth a lot; to enjoy sth
| I've never been a great one for writing letters. 我向来不喜欢写信。 |
| You're a great one for quizzes, aren't you? 你是智力竞赛老手,不是吗? |
be no great shakes
不太出色;不太有效;不怎么合适;不怎么样to be not very good, efficient, suitable, etc.
great and small
大小;高低;贵贱of all sizes or types
| all creatures great and small 所有大小生物 |
great minds think alike
英雄所见略同used to say that you and another person must both be very clever because you have had the same idea or agree about sth
the great …in the sky
(人死后回到)天上的老家,天国,西天;(东西无用了进)博物馆used to refer to where a particular person is imagined to go when they die or a thing when it is no longer working, similar to the place they were connected with on earth
| Their pet rabbit had gone to the great rabbit hutch in the sky. 他们的宠兔已回到西天的兔宫了。 |
英汉解释
adj. | 1. 伟大的,杰出的;优异的,显著的;贵族的,高尚的 4. 〈口〉了不起的,绝妙的,非常愉快的,令人满意的 |
n. | |
adv. | |
英英解释
例句
Grandma Mary worked inside the factory for a short while-just as her mother and my great aunt Lucia did before they opened the restaurant.
玛丽奶奶曾在巧克力工厂里工作过一段很短的时间,她母亲和我的露西阿姨婆在开餐厅前也是。
The United States was the only major country, apart from Japan, to benefit from the Great War.
除日本外,美国是唯一从第一次世界大战中捞到好处的大国。
the Governor that this great lump of vegetable gold was as rich an ornament as New England earth would offer him.
似乎在提醒总督:这颗金黄色的大南瓜,已经是新英格兰的土壤能够为他奉献的最丰富多采的点缀了。
Just at this point he met his soul's sworn comrade, Joe Harper -- hard-eyed , and with evidently a great and dismal purpose in his heart.
恰在此时,他遇到了他的铁哥们儿乔•哈帕——他两眼发直,显然心怀鬼胎。
To make the matter worse, the orders received by the garments industry have gone down a great deal because of the recent recession.
最近的经济衰退又雪上加霜,使成衣业的订单急剧下降。
Bill: It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another.
比尔:坚强的人只能救赎自己,伟大的人才能拯救他人。
We know something of the great variety of the sea-bed's topography.
我们对海底的各种各样的地形也有了了解。
China has had the great fortune of good timing, too, with its reforms coming at the start of a great wave of globalization.
中国也遇上好时机,它的改革适逢全球化大浪潮开始之时。
Indeed, in the banking world, he is often hailed as one of the great, original "quants" , who paved the way for the derivatives revolution.
确实,在银行业,他常常被誉为为衍生品革命铺平道路的首批伟大的“宽客(quants)”之一。
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
我又看见一个白色的大宝座,与坐在上面的。从他面前天地都逃避,再无可见之处了。
Whether the translator can express the original meaning or not depends on his understanding of the relevant culture to a great extent.
译者是否可能表达原义或没有取决于他的理解对相关到大规模范围开化。
I consider it a great honor to be invited to join the committee .
我认为能被邀请加入委员会很荣幸。
He was being given liquid nourishment and it frequently took a great deal of persuasion to get him to take even this simple diet.
即使让他吃下如此简单的食物,也常常要做大量的说服工作。
The girl is so interested in the physical world that she will no doubt be a great scientist.
那个女孩对物理世界非常感兴趣,毋庸置疑她将成为一个伟大的科学家。
Guangzhou consumer is always in a rational and mature known, the political impact of the implementation of Guangzhou is not great.
广州的消费者是向来以理性和成熟着称,这次新政的实施对广州的冲击并不是很大。
Inequality did seem to fall in the United States after the Great Depression, but in the last 30 years it has increased enormously.
继美国的经济大萧条之后,社会不平等似乎确有减少,然而,过去三十年,社会不平等却大幅增加。
Firstly it was great to see him get a goal on his debut. It was the icing on the cake of a superb match in Houston.
首先很高兴看到他处子秀就进球了,这让休斯顿的比赛更完美。
Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin.
差一点百姓中就有人与你妻子同睡,叫我们陷于罪恶。
For this reason there has been a great deal of interest in automatic border identification methods.
出于这个原因有很大的兴趣在边界自动识别方法。
I consider it a great honour to be here with you today.
今天和你们在一起,我觉得十分荣幸。
If only there were harbours which could nourish great armies, here was the front on which to strike.
只要我们获得能够容纳庞大军队的港口,这里就是展开攻势的前线。
Isabel learned from her friend that the two had led a life of great personal intimacy.
伊莎贝尔从她的朋友那里得悉,他们两人非常投机。
Maggie's hair had a natural tendency to curl, which her mother considered to be a great piece of good luck.
麦琪的头发具有天然的鬈曲美,母亲认为这是她的运气。
China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder.
中国处在周朝末代僧侣--帝王的统治之下,正陷入一种大混乱的状态之中。
Sir Launcelot, in his richest armor, came striding along the great hall now on his way to the stock-board.
这时候,郎斯洛爵士,穿着那副最讲究的铠甲,正迈着大步沿着那个很大的过厅往前走,要上证券委员会去。
It was by his orders that the weapons had been removed from the great hall.
搬走大厅里的兵器就是照他的命令做的。
If I can get sixty-five million accomplices to join me in this criminal absurdity, I become one of a great and glorious nation.
如果能够招集六千五百万个同党,共同来做这一件荒谬的犯罪行为,我将成为一个光荣大国的分子。
As she arrived a great roar from the crowds in Smith Square, and everyone inside came into the corridor to greet her.
她一到,史密斯广场的人群爆发出一片欢呼声,屋里的人都纷纷跑到走廊里向她表示敬意。
The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.
他妻子去世后,几个孩子就是他极大的安慰。
As director of these courses a great deal will be demanded of him.
作为主任教师,人们对他的要求是很高的。
Pisa was a republic in the middle ages, with a government of her own, armies and navies of her own, and a great commerce.
在中古时代,比萨是个共和国,有自己的政府,有自己的陆海军,还有很发达的商业。
In the same way, to say a little is often to tell more than to say a great deal.
同样,片言只语也常常比万语千言更说明问题。
There was no doubt she had great merits-she was charming, sympathetic, intelligent, cultivated.
但毫无疑问,她有很大的优点--她是一个可爱的,有同情心的,有知识和修养的女人。
I had a great many adventures after this, but I was young in the business, and did not know how to manage.
此后我又有许多次的冒险,但是我干这事的经历很浅,不知道怎么办。
The doctor insisted that if he continued to eat nothing his health would be soon in great danger.
医生坚持认为,如果他继续不吃东西,那么不久就性命难保了。
There are great dangers in trying to dish this sort of dose up with jam for the patient.
如果要想把这种药物加上果酱一齐给病人吃,那是非常危险的。
"More than any other generation, " he said, "our generation views the adult world with great skepticism. "
他说:“我们这一代比任何一代人都抱着更大的疑虑看待成人世界。”
It was obvious on all sides that this was what the great majority of farmers and businessmen wanted most.
各方都清楚,这正是绝大多数农场主和企业人员最想得到的。
Indeed, after serious thinking of these things, I should be very melancholy, and sometimes it would last a great while.
的确,我每次把这些事情认真地想一下,就感到闷闷不乐,有时好半天都排解不开。
"That's true, " cried the other, "and you seem to be a gentleman of great penetration. "
“这也是实话,”另一个家伙叫道,“你这位先生似乎很有眼光。”
All this was known thirty-five years ago; the great advances since then have come in the observational domain.
所有这些,在三十五年前就已经知道了,以后的重大进展则是在观测方面。
He thought of the great harm that might be done through the printing of bad books.
他想到印坏书可能带来巨大的危害。
A great stone, dropped from above, smashed through the bottom of the boat.
一块大石头从上面落下来,把船底砸个大窟窿。
The General had been riding a great many emotions when he ordered him to stand up.
原来将军命令他站起来的时候,克制在胸中的感情也真复杂得很。
He made a great business of making his coffee in the morning and frying himself a little bacon at night.
他早晨煮点咖啡,晚上给自己煎一小块咸肉,都要郑重其事,小题大做。
Without any sense of the complexities of any great task, he boldly assumed one function after another.
他不知餍足地担任一个接一个的职务,但对任何一件艰巨工作的复杂性却毫无所感。
If I had been placed in a position to manage great affairs, I would have shown what I could do.
倘若我处在可以做出伟大事业的位置上,我会表明我能够做什么。
I had no room for desire, except it was of things which I had not, and they were but trifles, though indeed of great use to me.
我心里已经没有贪求之念,除了少数我缺乏的东西;这些东西虽然对我有用,然而都是微不足道的东西。
He then showed me his piece for my opinion, and I much approved it, as it appeared to me to have great merit.
他于是让我看他的作品,征求我的意见。我读了一遍,感到真是妙笔生花,十分赞赏。
The other is, when the matter of the point controverted is great, but it is driven to an overgreat subtility and obscurity.
还有一种就是所争之点是很重要的,然而争论到了后来趋于过于微秒或幽晦。
There was a wee pig running around the kitchen, running up to the visitor and giving him a great deal of attention.
这时有一头猪在厨房周围跑来跑去,引起了他的极大关注。
This dual identity impels him attach great importance to understand and explore the concept of author.
这种双重身份使他格外重视对“作者”这一重要概念的深入理解和探讨。
Dai said that bilateral relations have been developing smoothly, despite great changes that have taken place in the international situation.
戴秉国说,几十年来尽管国际形势发生很大变化,但两国关系始终向前发展。
Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
没有一件事比这更能给我欢乐以轻松的态度和那些比他们所拥有的还少很多的人安排处理优裕的事物。
And one of the great lessons that Greenpeace actually learned was that it's okay to lose control.
而且绿色和平实际上学到了很重要的一课那就是失控其实没什么大不了。
It would be great if you can complete for me in the next few days!
如果未来数天你能帮我完成它就真是太好了!
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
除非你想用它来做大事,否则有多少回报或有多大的力量都没有什么意义。
Think of all the Lord Jesus has done for you, and it should fill your heart with a great desire to serve Him!
想想主耶稣为你做的一切,难道这不会使你的心充满了渴慕要来服侍他?
The Great Spirit saw her, and was listening. He said she should be living. He reached down, touched her and gave her life.
伟大的神灵看到了她,并且听到了她的心里话。他说她应该活着,于是他俯下身,抚摸着她,给了她生命。
And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
神又将他交在以色列王手里,以色列王向他大行杀戮。
Gross domestic product is forecast to shrink more this year than at any other time since the Great Depression.
国内生产总值预测今年的的萎缩比任何其他经济大萧条时期更为严重。
Learn how wonderful you are, and remove the need to hurt others. Others do not have to be put down for you to feel great.
你需要知道自己有多棒,而完全用不着去伤害别人,不用为了让自己感觉好些而去贬低别人。
To the great dissatisfaction of our customers, the quality of your first shipment is not in conformity with the specifications.
令我方顾客十分不满的是,你方第一批交货的质量与规定不符。
The children took up a great deal of her time.
孩子们花去了她的许多时间。
Correct if you think air pollution is caused by factories, but a great deal of pollution is also caused by cars.
认为工厂污染了大气只是说对了一部分,许多污染是汽车所造成的。
The figure was that of a middle-aged man, fat, with a great stomach, which he stroked from time to time.
那人是个中年男人,肥头肥耳,大腹便便,时常用手去摩摩肚子。
And this great novel has received voluminous comments and interpretations which had diverged greatly since it was published.
它自从问世以来就收到了不计其数的而且观点截然不同的各种评论和诠释。
Some parents are very poor and illiterate, but a particular son comes up in life as a great leader.
有的父母很贫穷、一字不识,但是他们有一个很特别的儿子,后来成了一名伟大的领导者。
She spoke of him with great dislike.
他提到他时,十分反感。
She looked at him, but moved by her underlying respect for this great man , she said, with a smile, "Yes, you did. "
她看了看他,心里却仍旧尊敬这个伟大的人物,就微笑着说,“是的,你吓了我了。”
The children have been a great comfort to me through all of this.
在我经历这一切的日子里,孩子们一直是我的一个巨大安慰。
The Emperor Frederick II does not seem to have made any great efforts to stay the advancing tide.
皇帝弗里德里希二世似乎并没有做出多大努力来挡住这股猛进的浪潮。
Mrs. Weaver knows nothing about baseball, but has often expressed a desire to see the great American game.
韦弗太太对于棒球是一无所知,不过常常表示愿意看看这种伟大的美国的竞技。
There seems to me at present to be great occasion for raising a United Party for Virtue.
在我看来,当前正是成立一个道德联合会的大好时机。
It was a bit of the art of an old Bailey tactician, in which he found great relief.
这是老巴勒策士的小试权术,他因此觉得很放心了。
He felt that people were staring at him a great deal.
他觉得人们都盯着他看个不停。
It was snowing hard as I beat through the passes of the great mountains, and I had a stiff fight to win through.
正当我飞越丛山峻岭时,又下起大雪来,我不得不同风雪进行激烈的搏斗并战胜它。
Japan would not hesitate to court or attempt to wage war both against Great Britain and the United States.
日本将毫不迟疑地寻衅或企图对大不列颠和美国同时作战。
In short, they entertained me, not like what I was, but like what they thought I had been, namely, a widow lady of a great fortune.
总之,她们招待我,不像实在的我,却像他们所以为的我,那就是,一个拥有大笔财产的寡妇。
He was, if I recollect, arrested in a cabaret, in company with a great many others.
我记得,他是在一个酒家被捕的,有许多人同在一起。