grander

英 [ˈgrændə]

美 [ˈgrændər]

adj.  壮丽的; 堂皇的; 重大的; (用于大建筑物等的名称)大; 宏大的; 宏伟的; 有气派的
grand的比较级

柯林斯词典

The form grand is used as the plural for meaning 8. 义项8的复数形式为grand。


• ADJ-GRADED 宏伟的；壮丽的；富丽堂皇的
  If you describe a building or a piece of scenery asgrand, you mean that its size or appearance is very impressive.
  1. ...this grand building in the center of town...
     这幢位于市中心的宏伟建筑
  2. The scenery of South Island is on a grand scale.
     南岛风光壮观秀丽。
• ADJ-GRADED （计划等）宏伟的，宏大的
  Grandplans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
  1. Critics will point to other grand schemes that have gone less well, such as Sheffield's World Student Games disaster...
     批评家将会指出其他一些并不成功的大项目，比如谢菲尔德世界大学生运动会这一败笔。
  2. The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.
     欧洲统一货币的宏伟构想已经获得认同。
• ADJ-GRADED 牛气的；不可一世的
  People who aregrandthink they are important or socially superior.
  1. He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...
     他比威尔士亲王还牛气，甚至更有钱。
  2. The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.
     克拉伦斯公爵将会到场，还有你许多牛不可及的朋友亦将出席。
• ADJ 快乐的；令人非常愉快的
  If you describe an activity or experience asgrand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.
  1. Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out...
     若想找个地儿开心地逛一天，没有哪家博物馆能比得上格林尼治皇家天文台。
  2. The dinner was a grand success...
     晚宴办得十分成功。
  3. He was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.
     结识形形色色的人让他很开心。
• ADJ-GRADED 了不起的；出色的；极好的
  You can describe someone or something asgrandwhen you admire or approve of them very much.
  1. He was a grand bloke.
     他非常了不起。
• ADJ 总括的
  Agrandtotal is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation.
  1. It came to a grand total of £20,329.
     总计20,329英镑。
• ADJ （常用于大型建筑物的名称前）大的
  Grandis often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.
  1. They stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.
     他们住在布达佩斯大饭店。
• N-COUNT 一千美元（或英镑）
  Agrandis a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.
  1. They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
     他们打算付你一万美元作为改编老剧本的报酬。
• 同grand piano
  Agrandis the same as agrand piano.
• See also:grandly

双语例句

• Regardless of how often she comes home, or how many times a day we chat or text, Emma is now gone in a far grander sense.
  不管她回家有多频繁，我们每天聊多少天发多少短信，从一个更广阔的概念上说，她离我而去了。
• The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.
  克拉伦斯公爵将会到场，还有你许多牛不可及的朋友亦将出席。
• He aspired to anything grander than Moscow State University.
  他寻求比莫斯科国立大学更高目标的踪迹。
• The grander structures tend to be painted a mustardy yellow that brings to mind southern Spain.
  宏伟高大的建筑往往涂成一种芥末黄的颜色，让人想起西班牙南部。
• Never had he seen a grander sight.
  他从未见过如此壮丽的景色。
• In reprinting it here, I have a grander purpose.
  而我在此将全信转载，则有一个更为重要的目的。
• But it is grander to be different, to be unique, to be you.
  但更伟大的事情在于做到与众不同，独特如你自己。
• The move signalled a break with George Bush's foot-dragging and hinted at grander things to come.
  这里释放出一个信号，那就是他与布什磨磨蹭蹭的消极态度截然不同，并且暗示着未来会有更大的举动。
• Instead, we fostered an even grander, greedier, more systemic scandal.
  我们反而酿造了一个更大、更贪婪且更系统性的丑闻。
• He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales
  他比威尔士亲王还牛气，甚至更有钱。