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

• Do what reflects you, what represents you as a grander version of your Self.
  做能反映、能重现一个更真实的你自己的事就是了。
• What a far grander thing it is to love!
  爱和灵魂是同一本质的。
• Most microformat developers simply are not interested in solving these larger problems and prefer immediate applicability to grander visions.
  多数微格式的开发者对这些大问题的解决毫无兴趣，也不关心微格式立刻应用在更大的场景中。
• 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。
• 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。
• Futuristic looking in itself, the grander plan for the car is much more audacious: Antro intends to allow users to be able to connect two Antro Solos to form a six-passenger Antro Duo.
  看着自己的未来，汽车的宏伟计划更加大胆：Antro公司打算让用户能够将两个AntroSolo联在一起，形成一个六座的AntroDuo。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。