greater
美 [ɡreɪt]
英 [ɡreɪt] 
- n.伟人;名人;伟大的事物;大事;名家;全部;〈英俚〉牛津大学学士学位考试
- adj.伟大的;优异的;贵族的;很多的;伟大的;擅长;巨大的;数量大的
- adv.〈口〉很好地;很好地;极好地;很棒地
- 网络大于;更大的;更伟大的
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
Moreover, a greater proportion of single men, in any society, is often linked with increasing rates of crime and violence.
再者,在任何社会当中,如果单身汉的比例过大,通常这个社会的犯罪率和暴力程度就越高。
My surprise was all the greater to hear that manner of speaking in the mouth of a grown man.
现在,从一个成人的嘴里,竟也听到这种说话的腔调,更使我诧异了。
It has been a great privilege to serve as your Secretary-General. That you should ask me to serve once again makes it all the greater.
担任秘书长的工作一直是我莫大的荣幸,今天再次获得大家的任命使我更加感到光荣。
But now, greater efforts are being made to see that wild pandas are able to live and thrive in their Chinese mountain homes.
但现在,我们在尽更大的努力以能够看到野生大熊猫在它们位于中国山区的家中生活和繁盛。
The aim is to get tough with China to teach it a lesson, so it will bolster its currency and usher in a greater flow of U.
目的即是要对中国强硬并给它“上一课”,使中国升值人民币并引入更多的美国货物。
The result of this process is the change in social thinking, and a greater sense of mutual dependence between the citizens of Europe.
随着这一过程而来的是,社会思维方式的改变和欧洲各国公民对彼此依赖性认识的增强。
Duality and physicality as you know it are to evolve and grow into something else, something greater.
你所知的二元性与肉体性将演化并成长为其他更大的什么。
It was for the greater good, but I'm sorry. And to prove it, I'm not gonna feed on a human . For at least a week.
但是我很抱歉,为了证明我的歉意,我准备不喝人血,至少坚持一周。
I feel as if time has somehow been stretched. The distance between Monday and Friday feels greater, but the weekends seem longer too.
好像时间被拉长了,无论是周一到周五还是周末,我都有类似的感觉。
If it started greater acceleration we would have to look at doing something, but I don't think we need to do anything for a few years yet.
如果倾斜速度加快,那我们就需要采取一些行动了。不过我觉得近几年还用不着。
Cuthbert was, upon the whole, the more liberal-minded, though, with greater subtlety, he had not so much heart.
总的说来,卡斯伯特是一个气量更加宽宏的人,不过他虽然显得更加敏感,但是却少了许多勇气。
A view is only visible if it has a color or an image assigned to it, and if the height and width are greater than zero.
如果将一个颜色或一张图片分派给视图并且他的宽和高都大于零,那他是可见的。
With only a few games to draw from, the first few contests seem to hold greater significance.
虽然只有几场比赛,但是最先的几场看起来就有更重要的意义。
If the events of this week encourage greater circumspection then this will have been a bout of market turmoil well worth enduring.
如果上周所发生的事件能让投资者更为慎重,那么这将是一次很值得承受的市场动荡。
But Japan's public is not ready to support greater spending on defence that has, since the war, largely been outsourced to the US, he says.
但杜加里克表示,日本公众并没有准备好支持增加国防开支。自二战结束以来,日本的国防主要外包给美国了。
For a user mode application to be able to create a core file, the system limit on the size of the core files must be greater than 0.
用户模式的应用程序可以创建一个内核文件,系统对内核文件尺寸的限制是必须大于0。
Opening up to the global market economy did not necessarily bring greater employment opportunities, she said.
她表示,向全球市场经济开放,不一定带来更多就业机会。
Everybody seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater development and greater riches and so on.
每个人看起来都是为了更大的发展和更多的财富和别的东西而这样的匆忙,这样的担忧。
He said the crisis puts at risk recent hard-won gains in faster economic growth, lower poverty and greater political stability.
他说,这次危机使得这些国家本应用于加快经济发展,减少平困,增强政局稳定的来之不易的收益又处于危险之中。
Ask him to ship you a replacement bottle of equal or greater value or to return the beer you sent him.
要求他更换一瓶同等或更高价值的啤酒或是退回你的交易啤酒。
The much greater frequency of imitation with insects than with other animals, is probably the consequence of their small size.
昆虫拟态例子之所以远较其它动物为多,其原因大概在于体型小。
The readiness to run risks for peace was bound to be greater in America than in Israel.
美国必然比以色列更加愿意为谋求和平而冒风险。
Economic historians have debated whether the pull of opportunity is greater than the push of economic difficulty.
一些经济史学家一直对机会的吸引力是不是大于经济困难的推动力这个问题争论不休。
Alluvial soil was found to be more likely to show a greater deficiency of magnesium than glacial till soils.
冲积土比冰川土更容易呈现较严重的缺镁。
The puzzle appears greater when one recalls the vast accumulation of material power available to the Habsburgs.
回想一下哈布斯堡家族所能积聚和掌握的大量物质力量就更令人困惑费解。
Greater availability of health care in cities than in rural areas has led to lower death rates in cities.
在城市比起在农村能够获得更多的医疗保健,这就使得城市的死亡率较低。
The greater the number of protons, the greater is their tendency to blow the nucleus apart.
质子数越大,它们使核爆裂的倾向也就愈大。
Here was a greater fertility and greater abandonment.
这里更加丰饶,更加放纵。
A greater reliance on prices and markets is essential if the level and efficiency of investment are to rise.
为了提高投资的水平和效率必须更多地依靠价格和市场。
The introduction given here should prepare the student to enter these fields with greater ease.
这里给出的导引,将为学生更容易地进入这些领域做好准备。
It took a greater act of faith than I was capable of to believe that they would abide willingly by an inconclusive outcome.
我实在不敢相信他们会心甘情愿地承担一种尚未见最后分晓的后果。
The signal collecting area of each system would be at least 100 times greater than that of the Arecibo telescope.
每个系统的收集信号的区域至少一百倍于阿雷西博望远镜。
He was, upon the whole, the more liberalminded, though, with greater subtlety, he had not so much heart.
整个说来,他比较豁达一点,虽然脑筋较为灵活,却少些心计。
For as soon as he began to turn, or double, the greater number of his pursuers would put escape out of the question.
因为只要他一往回跑,或是拐弯,敌人人多,就会把他围住。
The researchers related these changes to the heart muscle's greater need for oxygen when alcohol is in the body.
研究人员认为,这些改变是与在体内有酒时,心肌对氧的需要增大有关。
A fear seized her of what she was about to do, but she was driven on by a greater fear.
她将要做的事情使她深感恐惧,但她为一种更大的恐怖所驱使。
Troy toiled up the road with a languor and depression greater than any he had experienced for many a day and year before.
特罗伊带着一种许久不曾有过的倦怠和沮丧在路上艰难地走着。
It was observed that the lower yield point was subject to a greater degree of scatter than that of the upper yield point.
业已观察到下屈服点比上屈服点易产生更大的散布度。
In terms of mechanical properties, the stronger the forces are, the greater is the strength and rigidity of the mineral crystal.
就力学性质来讲,这个力越强,矿物晶体的强度和刚性就越高。
The bed being soft, it broke no bones, but as the weight was great, and made greater by the fall, it beat me down.
那垫子是软的,当然没有把我的骨头折断;但是那重量可也不轻,从上面扔下来又来势很猛,因此把我打倒在地。
We would have to entrust greater responsibility to the permanent officials of the Department of the State and the Foreign Service.
我们得委以国务院和外交部门的常务官员以更大的职责。
In order for energy to be conserved, the final total kinetic energy must be greater than the initial by this amount.
要符合能量守恒原理,末总动能必须比初动能大这么多。
One form of colonial rule shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far greater iron tyranny.
一种形式殖民统治的消亡绝不仅仅是为了让另一种更加严酷的暴政来替代它。
The actual rate of decay may be somewhat greater or less than this expected rate.
衰变的实际速率可以比这个预期速率稍大些或稍小些。
In the event of a scavenging stage, it was introduced to achieve greater sensitivity.
为了达到更高的灵敏度而要求浓缩处理。
The greater the similarity of economic structure, the greater the interdependence of the urban and national economies.
经济结构愈相似,城市经济与国家经济的互相依赖程度越高。
Man never directly perceives motion with speed greater than a tiny fraction of the speed of light.
人们从来未曾直接觉察到速率比光速大极小一个因子的运动。
Generally a higher lignin content in a particular wood species will result in lower movement or greater stability.
通常,木素含量高的某些树种,其胀缩较小或相当稳定。
Barnum's successive hoaxes only brought him greater popularity, so long as he altered them often enough.
巴纳姆骗人的玩意,使他越来越受人欢迎;只要他经常变换花样就行。
This conviction, though not entirely satisfactory, gave her pleasure, and she continued her letter with greater alacrity.
这个确信虽不十分令人满足,但却使她高兴,于是她带着更大的愉快继续写信。
Likewise, domestic production by the subsidiaries of foreign owned MNEs is often greater than imports.
同样的,在国内以外资独资的跨国公司子公司的生产产品通常要优于国外进口的。
It was very early in the morning, and there was a thick fog that added an even greater sense of magic and mystery to this ritual.
在这个时间还很早的清晨,浓雾给这个宗教仪式增添了更多妖异神秘的意味。
Men like me, who were, are the greater offenders, not because we knew better (that would be too much to say) but because we sensed better.
像我这样的才更像是妨碍纳粹的人,不是因为我们知道的更多(那样说是太夸大了),而是我们更敏感。
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
人们彼此烦扰的能力看起来远胜于其他任何一种动物。
The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is greater than or equal to the length of the remaining side.
一个三角形的任两边长之和一定大于或等于第三边的长度
Both countries have corruption in India than China, the greater need seems to be also to look inwards rather than as outright competitors.
印度的贪污情况比中国还严重,他们似乎更需要整理自己国家内部矛盾而不是在外寻找竞争对手。
Finances will be released in a greater measure to be able to allow the Body of Christ to disciple nations.
财富将被更大量的释放出来,好使基督的身体能训练万国作主的门徒。
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he welcomed the greater sense of urgency being shown over Greece.
美国财长盖特纳(TimothyGeithner)表示对希腊展现的更大程度的紧缺感表示欢迎。
"You can only do so much in a flask, and obviously the mix of species would be much greater in a natural environment, " Jones pointed out.
“培养瓶中的实验差不多只能做到这个程度,很显然自然条件下共生的物种数量要大得多。”琼斯指出。
if the chicks eyes open Large, lift your head, ready to take off on its daring greater is the top grade birds, you can select.
如果幼鸟眼睛睁大,挺胸昂首,准备起飞,说明其胆子较大,是上品鸟,可以选取。
A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then, than at any other time before or since.
在法国南部,八月炎热的日子里骄阳当空,在那之前或之后这都不是什么稀罕的事。
Function must be at least four bytes greater than the actual length of the string.
参数指定的记录长度必须至少比实际字符串长度多四个字节。
The second thing is we could have placed greater emphasis on coaching rather than leave it up to the projects to ask for coaching.
第二是我们应该更强调指导,而不是在要求下才去指导。
Yet compared to the US, China seems to have a clearer sense of direction, greater flexibility and a willingness to move.
然而和美国相比,中国似乎有更清晰地方向感,灵活度更高,而且更愿意进行转移。
Then you may be able to help the animals and man in a greater and deeper sense.
那样你就能更广泛、更深入地帮助动物和人。
Although the word "democracy" did not appear, the report argued for greater political participation by China's citizens.
虽然这份报告并未使用“民主”这个词,但它主张让中国公民在更大程度上参与政治。
Finally from the surface modification, metal-coated carbon-doped and an analysis of three modified to have greater advantages.
最后从表面修饰,金属掺杂和碳包覆三个方面进行分析改性,使其有更大优越性。
Lisa changed schools because she was convinced that the opportunity and need for her Christian witness were far greater in her new school.
莉莎转学是因为她相信新的学校更需要基督徒见证,而见证的机会也大得多。
Summarizing the year's work, the managing director in the company proposed a greater project of the next year.
公司的总经理总结了一年的工作,提出了下年度更大的工程计划。
After a year, those who lost at least 2 percent of their body fat had even greater decreases in estrogen.
一年后,那些减去了至少2%的体重的妇女们的雌激素水平有了更大幅度的下降。
A high-fat diet correlates with a greater risk of heart disease.
高脂肪饮食与增加心脏病发作的风险密切相关。
The aversion of the radicals to add their own monomers is the greater, the smaller the corresponding r, or, r2 value.
自由基对自己的单体的疏远性越大,则相应的r和r2的数值就越小。
This should be expected in view of the much greater mass contained in the cylinder.
鉴于圆柱体包含的质量大得多,这是在意料之中的。
The work of the chemical engineer in utilizing successively greater fractions of raw materials such as crude oil is well known.
化学工程师的工作是对象原油这样的一些原材料的多数分馏物加以连续不断地利用,这是尽人皆知的。
At low temperatures, the difference in population of atoms between two energy levels, which is the basis of maser action, is greater.
在低温下,作为微波激射作用基础的两个能级之间原子数的差别较大。
The greater the tax rate, the more those who are being taxed try to avoid it.
税率越高,纳税人越想逃避。
It is axiomatic that a whole is greater than any of its parts.
整体大于其任何一部分,是不待证明即可明白的。
Some difficulties lie behind us, but greater ones lie ahead.
我们已经克服了一些困难,但是前面还有更大的困难。
"All done to save money for tempting fortune, and make her triumph greater, " cried the old man.
“我所以这样做全是为了省下钱碰碰运气,想让她更风光些,”老人叫道。
Because of the ellipticity of the earth's orbit the solar radiation incident on the earth is about 7% greater in December than in June.
因为地球轨道是椭圆,入射到地球上的太阳辐射在12月份约比6月份多7%。