great的意思和读音

great

: [ɡreɪt] : [ɡreɪt]

adj.

adv.

n.

greater  greatest  greats  

adj.+n.great success,great pleasure,great importance,great progress,great power

adv.+v.look great

adj.tiny,ordinary,lowly,awful,slight

adj.huge,famous,noble,wonderful,absolute

greatadj.large

1.[ubn]very large; much bigger than average in size or quantity

A great crowd had gathered.

People were arriving in great numbers.

The great majority of(= most) people seem to agree with this view.

He must have fallen from a great height.

She lived to a great age.

2.[obn](informal)used to emphasize an adjective of size or quality

There was a great big pile of books on the table.

He cut himself a great thick slice of cake.

3.much more than average in degree or quantity

a matter of great importance

The concert had been a great success.

Her death was a great shock to us all.使

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today.

Take great care of it.

You've been a great help.

We are all to a great extent the products of our culture.

admired

4.extremely good in ability or quality and therefore admired by many people

He has been described as the world's greatest violinist.

Sherlock Holmes, the great detective

Great art has the power to change lives.

good

5.(informal)使very good or pleasant

He's a great bloke.

It's great to see you again.

What a great goal!

We had a great time in Madrid.

‘I'll pick you up at seven.’ ‘That'll be great, thanks.’“。”“。”

Oh great, they left without us.

You've been a great help, I must say(= no help at all) .)。

important/impressive

6.[obn]important and impressive

The wedding was a great occasion.

As the great day approached, she grew more and more nervous.

The great thing is to get it done quickly.

One great advantage of this metal is that it doesn't rust.

with influence

7.having high status or a lot of influence

the great powers(= important and powerful countries)

We can make this country great again.使

Alexander the Great

in good health

8.in a very good state of physical or mental health

She seemed in great spirits(= very cheerful) .

I feel great today.

Everyone's in great form.

skilled

9.[nubn](informal)~ at (doing) sthable to do sth well

She's great at chess.

useful

10.(informal)~ for (doing) sth;(…)very suitable or useful for sth

This gadget's great for opening jars.广

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for emphasis

11.[obn]used when you are emphasizing a particular description of sb/sth

We are great friends.

I've never been a great reader(= I do not read much) .

She's a great talker, isn't she?

family

12.added to words for family members to show a further stage in relationship

my great-aunt(= my father's or mother's aunt)

her great-grandson(= the grandson of her son or daughter)

my great-great-grandfather(= the grandfather of my grandfather)

larger animals/plants

13.[obn]used in the names of animals or plants which are larger than similar kinds

the great tit

city name

14.广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

Greater London

IDM

Work is going great guns now.

be going great guns(informal)to be doing sth quickly and successfully

Work is going great guns now.

I've never been a great one for writing letters.

You're a great one for quizzes, aren't you?

be a great one for (doing) sthto do sth a lot; to enjoy sth

I've never been a great one for writing letters.

You're a great one for quizzes, aren't you?

be no great shakes(informal)to be not very good, efficient, suitable, etc.

all creatures great and small

great and smallof all sizes or types

all creatures great and small

great minds think alike(informal)used to say that you and another person must both be very clever because you have had the same idea or agree about sth

Their pet rabbit had gone to the great rabbit hutch in the sky.西

the great …in the sky西;(西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.西

n.

1.[usupl](informal)a very well-known and successful person or thing

He was one of boxing's all-time greats.

adv.

1.(informal)very well

Well done. You did great.

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adj.1.very good, enjoyable, or attractive; used about someone who is nice and a pleasure to be with; used for saying that something that you expected to be good, enjoyable, etc. is not2.bigger or more than is usual; used for emphasizing the physical size of something or someone; used for emphasizing a large number of people or things; very large and impressive; used in the names of buildings, rooms, or features of geography that are very large and impressive; used in the names of birds or animals that are larger than related birds or animals3.important or powerful; used about an event or situation that affects a lot of people or a large area; used in the names of important events in history; used about someone famous or important who is admired by a lot of people, or about their work; used for emphasizing the most important feature of something4.able to do something very well; able to deal with certain people very well5ed for expressing pleasure or agreement6.enthusiastic about something or someone1.very good, enjoyable, or attractive; used about someone who is nice and a pleasure to be with; used for saying that something that you expected to be good, enjoyable, etc. is not2.bigger or more than is usual; used for emphasizing the physical size of something or someone; used for emphasizing a large number of people or things; very large and impressive; used in the names of buildings, rooms, or features of geography that are very large and impressive; used in the names of birds or animals that are larger than related birds or animals3.important or powerful; used about an event or situation that affects a lot of people or a large area; used in the names of important events in history; used about someone famous or important who is admired by a lot of people, or about their work; used for emphasizing the most important feature of something4.able to do something very well; able to deal with certain people very well5ed for expressing pleasure or agreement6.enthusiastic about something or someone

n.1.someone who is admired by a lot of people, especially someone famous; something that is well known and admired by a lot of people2ed after the name of an important person in history for showing that they had a lot of power or respect

adv.1.very well

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1.Grandma Mary worked inside the factory for a short while-just as her mother and my great aunt Lucia did before they opened the restaurant.西

2.The United States was the only major country, apart from Japan, to benefit from the Great War.

3.the Governor that this great lump of vegetable gold was as rich an ornament as New England earth would offer him.

4.Just at this point he met his soul's sworn comrade, Joe Harper -- hard-eyed , and with evidently a great and dismal purpose in his heart.——怀

5.To make the matter worse, the orders received by the garments industry have gone down a great deal because of the recent recession.退使

6.Bill: It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another.

7.We know something of the great variety of the sea-bed's topography.

8.China has had the great fortune of good timing, too, with its reforms coming at the start of a great wave of globalization.

9.Indeed, in the banking world, he is often hailed as one of the great, original "quants" , who paved the way for the derivatives revolution.(quants)”

10.Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.