The form grand is used as the plural for meaning 8. 义项8的复数形式为grand。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](计划等)宏伟的,宏大的 Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
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。
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。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]牛气的;不可一世的 People who are
grand think they are important or socially superior.
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 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。
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[ADJ 形容词]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.
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。
The dinner was a grand success...
晚宴办得十分成功。
He was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.
结识形形色色的人让他很开心。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
[approval]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
[SPOKEN 口语]
He was a grand bloke.
他非常了不起。
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[ADJ 形容词]总括的 A
grand total is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation.
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[ADJ 形容词](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.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]一千美元(或英镑) A
grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.
[usu a/num N]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同grand piano A
grand is the same as a
grand piano .