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

• Herod the Great tore down the Temple that Zerubbabel had built and put up a grander one.
  大希律王拆除由所罗巴伯所建的圣殿，并建立一个更宏伟的。
• But the food at Davos is usually rather grander than sandwiches.
  但达沃斯的食物通常都比三明治来得奢华一些。
• This will give you a much grander view.
  这有助于你开拓视野。
• I just try to blend our current existence into something grander and more beautiful together.
  我只是试图将我们当前的存在调合到一起，成为一种更伟大、更美丽的东西。
• 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。
• They've done grander projects, which makes the pool more competitive.
  他们做过更大的项目，这让大学生生源更加具有竞争力。
• Over the years, her themes became grander: the growth of civilisations, the wealth of nations, moral behaviour, all with cities at their core.
  随着时间的流逝，她研究的主题日益宏大：文明的发展，国家的财富，合乎道德的行为~这一切都以城市为核心。
• 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。
• Have an even grander vision.
  还有一个更宏伟的设想。
• 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。