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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]大的;大型的 A
large thing or person is greater in size than usual or average.
The Pike lives mainly in large rivers and lakes...
狗鱼主要生活在大江大湖中。
In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet...
在最大那间房里,地毯上坐了约12个小孩和7个大人。
He was a large man with thick dark hair.
他身材魁梧,头发浓黑。
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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]大量的;很多的 A
large amount or number of people or things is more than the average amount or number.
The gang finally fled with a large amount of cash and jewellery...
该团伙最后携大量现金和珠宝逃之夭夭。
There are a large number of centres where you can take full-time courses...
有很多中心提供全日制课程。
The figures involved are truly very large.
涉及数目确实非常庞大。
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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]大型的;大规模的 A
large organization or business does a lot of work or commercial activity and employs a lot of people.
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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]重大的;重要的;严重的 Large is used to indicate that a problem or issue which is being discussed is very important or serious.
Usage Note :
Large, big, and great are all used to talk about size. In general, large is more formal than big, and great is more formal than large. Large and big are normally used to describe objects, but you can also use big to suggest that something is important or impressive. ...his influence over the big advertisers. You normally use great to emphasize the importance of someone or something. ...the great English architect, Inigo Jones. However, you can also use great to suggest that something is impressive because of its size. The great bird of prey was a dark smudge against the sun. You can use large or great, but not big, to describe amounts. ...a large amount of blood on the floor. ...the coming of tourists in great numbers. Both big and great can be used to emphasize the intensity of something, although great is more formal. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you... Most of them act like big fools.
large,big和great均用来谈论大小。一般而言,large比big更为正式,而great又比large更正式。large和big通常用来描述物体,但也可用big来表示某事物重要或令人印象深刻,例如,his influence over the big advertisers(他对大广告客户的影响)。great通常用来强调某人或某事物的重要性:the great English architect, Inigo Jones(英国伟大的建筑师伊尼戈·琼斯)。不过,也可用great来表示某物因为巨大而令人印象深刻:The great bird of prey was a dark smudge against the sun(逆着太阳望去,那只巨大的猛禽只是天空中的一个黑影)。形容数量可用large和great,但不可用big,例如,a large amount of blood on the floor(地板上的一大滩血),the coming of tourists in great numbers(大量游客的到来)。big和great均可用于强调强烈程度,但great更为正式,例如,It gives me great pleasure to welcome you(能欢迎您的到来是我的莫大荣幸),Most of them act like big fools(他们中大多数人都表现得像大傻瓜)。
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[PHRASE 短语]大多数;一般;普遍 You use
at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
I think the chances of getting reforms accepted by the community at large remain extremely remote...
我看要使改革方案得到社会的广泛认可,机会还很渺茫。
Amongst the population at large the support for the present regime is virtually zero.
在一般大众中,支持现政权的人数几乎是零。
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[PHRASE 短语]在逃的;未被捕获的 If you say that a dangerous person, thing, or animal is
at large, you mean that they have not been captured or made safe.
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[PHRASE 短语]大致上;总体上;总的说来 You use
by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
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to a large extent→see: extent
; larger than life
→see: life
;
to loom large
→see: loom
; in large measure
→see: measure
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