great

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ɡreɪt]
• 美式音标 [ɡreɪt]
• 国际音标 [ɡreit]
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基本解释

• adj. 伟大的，重大的；极好的，好的；主要的
• n. 大师；大人物；伟人们

词源解说

• 直接源自古英语的great，意为大的，精略的。

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  greater：较大的（great的比较级）。

• adv性质的同根词

  greatly：很，大大地；非常。

• n性质的同根词

  greatness：伟大；巨大。

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用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• great的基本意思是“大的,巨大的,非常的,很多的”,通常指物体在规模、体积上大或数量上众多。有时great可指在空间或时间上存在一定的距离,即“距离遥远的,时间久远的”,当用于表示健康状况时,指一个人的身体比较好或平安,即“健康的,平安的”。great还可指一个人在事业上很有成就,并受到人们的尊敬,即“伟大的,杰出的”; 或指某人或某物居于十分显要的地位,即“重要的,显著的,值得注意的”。great还可用来指“非常愉快的,令人满意的”“擅长,精于”“无比的”等。在用来表示程度时, great还可指“格外的,相当的”“名副其实的”等。
• great在非正式英语中可用来表示赞同、羡慕或兴奋,还可表示蔑视等情感。
• great可与形容词或表示品质、感情、困难等的名词连用,起强调作用,或放在名词前,表示一种“十足的”或“名副其实的”特性。

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• A great crowd had turned up.
  来了一大群人。

用作表语: S+be+～

• The sense of loss we felt at his death was very great.
  对于我们来说,他的死是个巨大的损失。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• Tom is great at golf.
  汤姆很会打高尔夫球。

S+be+～+to- v

• Twenty dollars is great enough to cover my expenses.20
  美元足够我的开支了。

It is/was+～+(of sb) to- v

• It's great to see you here!
  在这里见到你太好了!

It is/was+～+that-clause

• It's great that you can come!
  你能来太好了!

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• great beauty 大美人
• great chance 极好的机会
• great city 大都市
• great crowd 一大群人
• great deal 大量

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (BIG) large in amount, size, or degree
• (FAMOUS) famous, powerful, or important as one of a particular type
• (EXTREME) extreme
• (GOOD) very good
• used to emphasize the meaning of another word
• a famous person in a particular area of activity

柯林斯英英字典

• You use great to describe something that is very large. Great is more formal than big.
• Great means large in amount or degree.
• You use great to describe something that is important, famous, or exciting.
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• You can describe someone who is successful and famous for their actions, knowledge, or skill as great.
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• The greats in a particular subject or field of activity are the people who have been most successful or famous in it.
• If you describe someone or something as great, you approve of them or admire them.
• If you feel great, you feel very healthy, energetic, and enthusiastic.
• You use great in order to emphasize the size or degree of a characteristic or quality.
• You say great in order to emphasize that you are pleased or enthusiastic about something.

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专业释义

文学

• 伟大

  Sigmund Freud and Henri Bergson are two great philosophers.
  弗洛伊德和伯格森是两位伟大的哲学家。

  能源科学技术

• 大的

经济学

• 太好了

计算机科学技术

• 伟大的