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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 宏伟的；壮丽的；富丽堂皇的
    If you describe a building or a piece of scenery as grand, 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。
  2. ADJ-GRADED （计划等）宏伟的，宏大的
    Grand plans 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。
  3. ADJ-GRADED 牛气的；不可一世的
    People who are grand think 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。
  4. ADJ 快乐的；令人非常愉快的
    If you describe an activity or experience as grand, 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。
  5. ADJ-GRADED 了不起的；出色的；极好的
    You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much.
    1. He was a grand bloke.
      他非常了不起。
  6. ADJ 总括的
    A grand total 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。
  7. ADJ （常用于大型建筑物的名称前）大的
    Grand is 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。
  8. N-COUNT 一千美元（或英镑）
    A grand is 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。
  9. 同grand piano
    A grand is the same as a grand piano .
    1. See also: grandly
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    双语例句

    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。
    3. What a far grander thing it is to love!
      爱和灵魂是同一本质的。
    4. 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。
    5. During this engagement, this growing awareness led the client to think of grander strategic objectives.
      在这个契约过程中，这种生长的意识使客户开始思考更大的战略目标。
    6. 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。
    7. To know that something grander than ourselves is out there.
      你也会感知那儿存在着某种比我们自身更伟大事物。
    8. This will give you a much grander view.
      这有助于你开拓视野。
    9. However, it [ also] serves grander geopolitical ambitions, he says.
      然而，米勒表示：它（也）有利于更为宏大的地缘政治抱负。
    10. 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。
    11. 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。
    12. The place is even grander and bigger than I expected.
      这个地方比我预期的还要堂皇、宏伟。
    13. I want to tell you the overview of this is far grander than you think.
      你会发现，产生蒸汽所需要的所有动力正是在你脚下。
    14. 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。
    15. Never had he seen a grander sight.
      他从未见过如此壮丽的景色。
    16. 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。
    17. They are now making the same mistake on a much grander scale.
      它们现在以大得多的规模犯下同样的错误。
    18. But grander names also suffered.
      不过知名大学也受到了影响。
    19. 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。
    20. 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。
    21. 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。
    22. Have an even grander vision.
      还有一个更宏伟的设想。
    23. Recent waves of migrants have grander ambitions than those who came before them.
      最近移民潮中的农民工比他们的前辈有着更高的抱负。
    24. 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。
    25. 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。
    26. It is conspicuous because of the carved eaves and complex roof structure, much grander than anything nearby.
      这栋建筑很显眼，因为其屋檐有雕饰，屋顶结构复杂，比附近任何建筑都宏伟。
    27. 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。
    28. 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。
    29. 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。
    30. 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。
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