单词 | at large |
释义 | at largeat large 1 ESCAPEif a dangerous person or animal is at large, they have escaped from somewhere or have not been caught 〔危险人物或动物〕在逃的,未被捕获的 The escaped prisoners are still at large. 越狱犯依然在逃。 Examples from the Corpus be at large• Two of the escaped prisoners are still at large. → be at large at large1(1) 2 IN GENERALpeople in general 全部人口/全部民众/全社会/全世界等 The chemical pollution poses a threat to the population at large. 化学污染对全部人口造成了威胁。 Examples from the Corpus the population/public/society/world etc at large• Equally important is how a baby communicates back to caregivers and the world at large.• How then did this concept originate, and why has it received such currency among specialists and the public at large?• However, in spite of that, the availability both here and in Britain should be known to the public at large.• I came and looked around and felt this campus is no different than the society at large.• In some societies the boy-preferring habit seems to have spread from elites to the society at large.• The rise of the Internet has taken that idea from offices to the world at large.• They chattered on among themselves, oblivious to the world at large, lovingly cared for in this cozy place. → the population/public/society/world etc at large at large1(2) |
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