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近义词： stately,majestic,distinguished,impressive,glorious,magnificent,prominent,honorable,remarkable,outstanding,famous

反义词： little,inferior,small,trivial,puny,petty,trifling

great词义

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adj. 伟大的，重大的；极好的，好的；主要的n. 大师；大人物；伟人们

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复数: greats;比较级: greater;最高级: greatest;名词: greatness;

中文词源

great 大的，伟大的

来自PIE*ghreu, 刮，磨，词源同gravel, grit. 原义为刮下来粗糙的，大块的，词义褒义化。

great双语例句

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1. It's not about making the amazing saves. It's the little things and small things that made great gatekeepers great.: 伟大的门将不是靠神奇的扑救成就，而是靠注重小事和细节成功。（Tim Howard美国国家队门将）

2. The news will come as a great relief to the French authorities.: 这个消息会让法国当局大大松一口气。

3. She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.: 她的嗓音非常好，现在的唱功比以往任何时候都要好。

4. From day one he's been a great asset to the company.: 从入职第一天开始，他就是公司难得的人才。

5. He showed great courage by admitting that he is an alcoholic.: 他以极大的勇气承认自己酗酒。

great英文词源

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great: great: [OE] The main adjective for ‘large’ in the Anglo-Saxon period was the now virtually obsolete mickle. Great at that time was for the most part restricted in meaning to ‘stout, thick’. In the Middle English period great broadened out in meaning, gradually taking over from mickle, but in modern English has itself been superseded by big and large, and is now used only in reference to non-material things.

Its origins are a problem. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *grautaz, which also produced German gross and Dutch groot (source of English groat ‘small coin’ [14], etymologically a ‘big’ or ‘thick’ coin), but it is not clear where *grautaz came from. A resemblance to grit and groats has suggested a common origin in Indo-European *ghrēu- ‘rub, pound’.
=> grit, groat
great (adj.): Old English great "big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse," from West Germanic *grautaz "coarse, thick" (cognates: Old Saxon grot, Old Frisian grat, Dutch groot, German groß "great"). If the original sense was "coarse," it is perhaps from PIE root *ghreu- "to rub, grind," but "the connextion is not free from difficulty" [OED]. It took over much of the sense of Middle English mickle, and itself now is largely superseded by big and large except in reference to non-material things.

In the sense of "excellent, wonderful" great is attested from 1848. Great White Way "Broadway in New York City" is from 1901, in reference to brilliant street illumination. The Great Lakes of North America so called from 1747. Great Spirit "high deity of the North American Indians," 1703, originally translates Ojibwa kitchi manitou. The Great War originally (1887) referred to the Napoleonic Wars, later (1914) to what we now call World War I (see world).
"The Great War" -- as, until the fall of France, the British continued to call the First World War in order to avoid admitting to themselves that they were now again engaged in a war of the same magnitude. [Arnold Toynbee, "Experiences," 1969]
Also formerly with a verb form, Old English greatian "to become enlarged," Middle English greaten "to become larger, increase, grow; become visibly pregnant," which became archaic after 17c.

great实用场景例句

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It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today.: 今天能在这里欢迎您是我极大的荣幸。

Her death was a great shock to us all.: 她的死使我们所有人都感到非常震惊。

a matter of great importance: 非常重要的事

The concert had been a great success.: 音乐会非常成功。

The great majority of (= most) people seem to agree with this view.: 大多数人似乎都同意这种观点。

He must have fallen from a great height.: 他肯定是从很高的地方摔下来的。

She lived to a great age.: 她活了很大岁数。

There was a great big pile of books on the table.: 桌上有很大一摞书。

He cut himself a great thick slice of cake.: 他给自己切了厚厚的一大片蛋糕。

People were arriving in great numbers.: 人们大批到来。

A great crowd had gathered.: 一大群人聚集在一起。

...the great white shark.: 大白鲨

'Oh great,' I thought. 'Just what I need.': “哼，”我想，“正合我心。”

Oh great! That'll be good for Fergus.: 哦，太棒了！那将对弗格斯很有利。

...her sense of colour and great eye for detail.: 她对颜色的感觉和捕捉细节的非凡眼力

I feel just great.: 我感觉好极了。

...a great big Italian wedding.: 场面盛大的意大利式婚礼

They're a great bunch of guys...: 他们是一群很棒的小伙子。

Arturo has this great place in Cazadero...: 阿图罗在卡扎德罗威望极高。

...a medley of rock'n'roll greats.: 摇滚金曲大联唱

...cycling's all-time greats.: 空前杰出的自行车运动员

...all the greats of Hollywood.: 所有的好莱坞名流

...the great George Padmore.: 伟大的乔治·帕德莫尔

Wes Hall was once one of the West Indies' great cricketers.: 韦斯·霍尔曾经是西印度群岛伟大的板球运动员之一。

America can be great again.: 美国会再度崛起。

The room had a great bay window.: 这间房有一扇巨大的凸窗。

...a great hall as long and high as a church.: 长度和高度与教堂相当的大厅

I'll take great care of it...: 我会加倍爱惜它的。

Benjamin Britten did not live to a great age.: 本杰明·布里顿并未活到很大的年纪。

...the great cultural achievements of the past...: 昔日辉煌的文化成就

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