1Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

文章非常有趣。

作为一名演员，她表现出了极大的潜力。

1. 1.1 Impressive or grand.
   a great ocean between them

   它们之间广阔无边的海洋。

   the great Victorian house

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It is somewhat ironic that the last great monument of the house of Wessex was mainly a product of Norman culture.
   • Australians have fought in all the big wars, as part of either a great empire or a grand alliance.
   • Some of the boys await the bride and groom to leave the house and a great bell is rung to rouse the neighbourhood.
   • The Queen Mother and King George also modernised Birkhall's great house and built a new wing.
   • In a truly great grand final between two worthy participants, the best team won.
   • Leara walked faster through the great house and almost broke in to a run in the garden until she came to the clearing.
   • Rows of teeth exposed between the great jaws that turned the oceans into a sea of blood.
   • The bride's father, it emerged, had been in service as a groom and chauffeur at great houses in the Borders.
   • However, the book inhabits the surface of the great ocean of Russia more than the depths.
   • It is not yet know if any spend winter south of the Sahara in some years and north of the great desert in others.
   • Today, more than ever, the government lacks any grand visions and great causes.
   • It is a great house but it was designed for the lifestyle of over 100 years ago.
   • The Army had requisitioned our local great house and his regiment was stationed in it.
   • The great house was surrounded by numerous and variously shaped out-buildings.
   • Grazing animals spread into the great grasslands of North America, Africa, and Asia.
   • Jeannie ends up as a servant in a great house, where various things befall her.
   • Most of the world's oxygen is produced by the planctum in the great oceans.
   • We congratulate him and thank him for his great contribution to the grand old club.
   • Greenshank spend the summer in wild country, haunting the great flows of Sutherland.
   • But even giant waves moving at the speed of jet airliners still take hours to cross great oceans.
   • The Grandmother had told her all about the great libraries that Garter housed.
   • Last week saw a symbolic end for Clydebank, where once the great ocean liners were launched.
   • They are so easily seduced into the great house of Babylon known as the palace.

   Synonyms

   magnificent, imposing, impressive, awe-inspiring, grand, splendid, majestic, monumental, glorious, sumptuous, resplendent, lavish, beautiful
2. 1.2attributive Used in names of animals or plants which are larger than similar kinds, e.g. great tit, greater celandine.
   用于动植物名称中，表示比其同类大，如great tit，greater celandine
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Walking around the dykes we saw Brown-throated Martins flying low over the water hawking for insects, as well as Greater Striped Swallows.
   • Greater bindweed also climbs though the hedge. Its big white trumpet flowers open during the day then twist closed as night falls.
   • The Great Tit has all the characters of the other Parus species and is unmistakable given its large, robust size, relatively heavy bill and domed head.
   • There are two species of dogfish in Guernsey waters, the Lesser Spotted and the Greater Spotted of Bull Huss.
   • When searching for food a great spotted woodpecker usually alights on the trunk then works upwards and often from side to side.
3. 1.3attributive, in place names Denoting the larger or largest part of a place.
   大的（用于地名，指某地较大或最大的一部分）
   Great Malvern

   大莫尔文。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Although not as hustling and bustling as 100 years ago, the sea town of Great Yarmouth and its surrounding areas are still as busy with everyday life.
   • The Roman town of Great Chesterford lies on the northern boundary of Essex, almost all of it hidden beneath a ploughed field.
   • The Historic market town of Great Dunmow is proving a hotbed for stars of the future as talented youngsters hit the stage and screen.
   • The historic Civil War Market Town of Great Torrington caters well for its inhabitants with a comprehensive range of local and national shopping, schooling and recreational facilities.
   • And the lovely town of Great Malvern itself provides a step back in time to a more genteel era.
4. 1.4attributive (of a city) including adjacent urban areas.
   （城市）包括相邻城区的，大的
   Greater Manchester

   大曼彻斯特。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The Greater Edinburgh area offers the perfect lodging alternative for every itinerary, from world-class hotels downtown to intimate bed and breakfast inns throughout the countryside.
   • The Bristol Brass and Wind Ensemble is a community band that rehearses in Bristol and performs in the greater Bristol area.
   • Archaeologists have unearthed a ‘mini-Stonehenge’ in Greater Manchester, England, which dates back to about 5,000 years.
   • It was a high energy evening on April 2 when 700 regional leaders gathered to celebrate those who do much for the Greater Washington community.
   • Merton is an outer London Borough situated in the South West of Greater London and covers an area of 9380 acres, some of which are open parklands.

2Of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above average.

伟大的意大利指挥家。

崇高的艺术具有改变人生的力量。

1. 2.1 Used as a title to denote the most important person of the name.
   大帝（或大王等）（用于头衔，表示此人是所有同名者中最重要的人）
   Alexander the Great

   亚历山大大帝。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It was a royal city from 893 to 972 and the reign of Tsar Simeon the Great was the heyday of its glory.
   • Peter the Great was the Russian czar who transformed Russia from an isolated agricultural society into an Empire on a par with European powers.
   • And now, a Russian composer is about to fulfil his dream and stage as a musical the life story of Catherine the Great, one of Russia's best-known and most colourful historical figures.
   • He seemed to be bred for the Navy, like his great Ancestor Piotr the Great.
   • It was on May 5th in the year of 1950 that His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great was crowned.
2. 2.2informal Very good; excellent.
   〈非正式〉美妙的；好极的
   another great goal from Alan

   艾伦的又一次精彩射门。

   wouldn't it be great to have him back?

   要是能请他回来该有多好啊！

   as exclamation ‘Great!’ said Tom

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He is a great guy to have meetings with since he usually suggests having them in one of the campus cafes.
   • He has a great voice, really excellent, and he's captured the attention of many a busy pub with his singing.
   • The hosts got off to a great start with a goal in the ninth minute.
   • I can promise an evening of excellent food, fabulous entertainment and great guests.
   • It will be a great night and an excellent venue for promoting Air Force ideals and heritage.
   • Kevin is a great guy but I'll think twice about inviting him to one of my parties.
   • It was a great goal but I felt we should have cleared our lines before that.
   • The staff always go out of their way for me, too, and the guys who own it are great blokes.
   • It is always great to help an excellent cause at the same time as enjoying an event, and this was to be no exception.
   • Right now, she had a date with a great guy and she wasn't going to let her parents ruin it.
   • Nick is a great guy and his project will have a lasting benefit to the business.
   • He's a lovely guy and a great player, one of the most talented forwards around.
   • Both him and Jason, who was a great guy on and off the field, helped me a lot.
   • I would probably describe him as a scorer of great goals rather than a great goal scorer.
   • You're going to meet a great guy or girl, but still keep in touch with all of your friends.
   • I've been lucky to work with three great players who are all great blokes.
   • This is slightly harder to do, but with practice it makes an excellent show-stopper and a great way to win a pig.
   • Yes of course it was a bad miss but what about the two great goals that he did score?
   • I never knew his Dad, but if he was anything like his son I'm sure he was a truly great guy.
   • Not only is he a great guy; he has never been slow to tell everyone how much I help him.

   Synonyms

   enjoyable, amusing, delightful, lovely

   pleasant, congenial, diverting

   exciting, thrilling

   excellent, marvellous, wonderful, superb, first-class, first-rate, admirable, fine, splendid, very good, good

   informal terrific, tremendous, smashing, fantastic, fabulous, fab, super, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, glorious, grand, magic, out of this world, cool

   British informal brilliant, brill, champion, bosting

   US informal on fleek

   Australian/New Zealand informal bonzer, beaut

   British informal, dated capital, wizard, corking, spiffing, ripping, cracking, top-hole, topping, champion, beezer

   North American informal, dated swell
3. 2.3informal (of a person) very skilled in a particular area.
   〈非正式〉（人）擅长的，精通的
   she's great at French

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He's great at covering that left side and doesn't mind being one for one against people.
   • He was great at going forward but not so useful in making it back to his berth.
   • He's great at grills, barbecues and salads, but it's a shame he makes so much mess.
   • He is so great at what he does because he gets to know his clients on a very personal level.
   • Trying to patient with him when he was like this was never something she was great at.
   • She was great at reading other people, just not so perceptive when it came to herself.
   • She knows how all - consuming life becomes in this business and she is great at keeping my feet on the ground.
   • We believe we are great at feeling what is wrong or what we would like to work better and then fixing it.
   • She wasn't great at dancing her waltz, but the judges were very kind to her.
   • I want to know what it and the consultants have got against Kevin when he is great at his job.
   • I'm not great at going to get haircuts, and so have no formal hairdresser to call my own.
   • Friends says she is great at playing with her son, rolling on the floor with him and making him roar with laughter.
   • I'm terribly proud of her and I think she's great at her job, and being a mother.
   • She is great at helping out other patients and is always worried about others around her.
   • She's great on dialogue, and she's got the ease of a confident and intuitive writer.

   Synonyms

   expert, skilful, skilled, adept, adroit, accomplished, talented, fine, able, masterly, master, brilliant, virtuoso, magnificent, marvellous, outstanding, first class, first rate, elite, superb, proficient, very good

   informal crack, ace, wizard, A1, class, hot, top-notch, stellar, out of this world, mean, demon

   vulgar slang shit hot

3attributive Used before a noun to emphasize a particular description of someone or something.

我曾是十足的汉克迷。

1. 3.1 Denoting the element of something that is the most important or the most worthy of consideration.
   最重要的；主要的
   the great thing is the challenge

   最重要是这一挑战。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Though these kinds of equality are of great importance, they are not my subject.
   • He attached great importance to his university lectures and he lectured almost entirely about his own work.
   • Results also matter more the further you progress and they are of great importance when you make the first team.
   • The preservation of our natural and historic heritage is of very great importance to us as a nation.
   • Evidence is a generic notion of great importance to many practices and enquiries.
   • Having said all that I must add that the English language has been of great importance in my life.
   • European agriculture is of great importance, and we must not overlook farmers and their families.
   • However on further reflection I realised that this is a news story of great importance.
   • The air of studied banality persists even during moments of great importance.
   • The room was next to the kitchen and was a place of great importance.
   • Meditation is of great importance and is central to the practice of the Eightfold Path.
   • They attach great importance, however, to a decision being reached at an early date.
   • Winning the support of the unions was of great importance to the anti-war movement.
   • He attached great significance to prime numbers, like seventeen, seven and one.
   • For many it was not a glamorous life but the work they did was of great importance.
   • The police should give great importance to this issue as they do in the case of drunken drivers.
   • The Judge said that it was of very great importance that the Appellant had pleaded guilty.
   • Development experts talk of the great importance of education in the poor countries.
   • The dental care of the elderly, the sick and the debilitated is a matter of great importance.
   • Subsequently, the end result is not of great importance to me either way.

   Synonyms

   powerful, dominant, influential, strong, potent, formidable, redoubtable

   important, essential, crucial, critical, pivotal, vital, salient, significant, big
2. 3.2 Used to reinforce another adjective of size or extent.
   用于强调另一个表示大小或程度的形容词十分的，非常的
   a great big grin

   十分灿烂的笑容。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • You can tell they want you to have an image of them riding into town on either a huge black horse, or a great big motorbike.
   • I often forget that I'm not just a great big hopeless loser who is totally alone in this.
   • The Luxor is a great big pyramid and everything in the building is Egyptian themed.
   • This is the place that gave me my first source of income in this great big scary city.
   • Marshall is not only a dedicated daddy to Hailie, he is also a great big brother to Nathan.
   • This comes in a great handy little size and is very trendy and a very good price.
   • I gave him a great big Yorkshire grin and looked around nervously.
   • How it works is that music on a station's playlist is entered in to a great big database.
   • I had to present Michael with a great big sabre to cut the cake - we had a real laugh with it.
   • All entrants are mixed up in a great big cybertombola, and the lucky winners get tickets.
   • You get a great big bowl of them, plus another bowl to put the shells in, and they are cooked in this exquisite sauce.
   • He opened the door and there was a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
   • Was the artist just making a great big pile of cardboard with a hidden message?
   • I turn, look out of the window, and see great big fluffy snowflakes tumbling out of the sky.
   • Macy's is a great big department store chain in the United States.
   • The roads that lead you to them are essentially rubble and mud, lined with great big piles of more mud.
   • It was green, but it wasn't a grasshopper, despite having great big elbowy legs.
   • It was a lovely moment, happening just after we'd got into bed and I think I went to sleep with a great big grin on my face.
   • As we were preparing to set off further up the hill, a great big bank of mist started rolling up towards us.
   • Sometimes a great big moon comes up out of the Pacific, reflecting silver on the sea.

   Synonyms

   very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, extraordinarily, remarkably, really, truly

   informal dirty
3. 3.3 Used to express surprise, admiration, or contempt, especially in exclamations.
   表示惊奇、赞美或蔑视，尤用于感叹十足的
   you great oaf!

   你这个大傻瓜！

   Example sentencesExamples

   • You have no right to order me around anymore, you great lump.
   • No one told you to move, you great lump! Stand still!
   • “You great liar, Grayson,” Heath said with a subdued laugh.
   • Get your priorities right, you great oaf.
   • ‘Will you shut up, you great twit?’

   Synonyms

   absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, downright, thorough, complete

   perfect, pure, positive, prize, decided, arrant, sheer, rank, unmitigated, unqualified, unadulterated, unalloyed, consummate, veritable, egregious

   informal thundering

   British informal right, proper

4in combination (in names of family relationships) denoting one degree further removed upwards or downwards.

曾姑奶。

曾曾（外）祖父。

5Irish predicative (of two people) on very close or intimate terms.

其中的一个男孩和她非常亲密。

1An important or distinguished person.

甲壳虫乐队、鲍勃·迪伦等所有的大人物。

丘吉尔和牛顿等伟人的一生。

2

Very well; excellently.

我们球打得很糟，他们打得很好。