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grand IMPORTANTgrAndadj-er, -est important and large in degree重大的;重要的The management has put forward a grand scheme/design for re-organizing the company.管理层为重组公司而提出一项重大的计划/设计。She has all kinds of grand ideas/ambitions/hopes for the future.她对将来有各种远大的理想/抱负/希盼。His job has a grand title, but he's little more than a clerk.他的头衔听起来很有派头，但他实际上不过是一个小职员。(disapproving) The Jacksons think they're very grand (= important and better than other people) but they're not really.杰克逊一家认为他们举足轻重，但事实并不是这样。(disapproving) Diane is always acting the grand lady (= acting as if she is important and better than other people).黛安总是以贵夫人自居。Grand can also be used in a disapproving way to mean showing a desire to seem important.看似重要的This project is just another one of Leon's grand ideas.这项计划只不过是利昂的又一个伟大设想而已。He's been called the grand old man of (= He is an important and respected person in) cricket.他被称为板球元老。(Aus) The grand final is the final game of a sporting competition which decides the winners for that part of the year.总决赛A grand jury in the US is a group of people who decide whether a person who has been charged with a crime should be given a trial in a court of law.大陪审团She will be going for the grand slam (= trying to win all of a set of important sports competitions).她试图赢得大满贯。A grand slam is also the winning of all the cards in a card game, esp. BRIDGE.(尤桥牌)大满贯In baseball, a grand slam is when a player hits the ball so that he is able to run round all the points on the field while other members of the team are already at three of the points.(垒球)全垒打A grand sum or grand total is the complete number after everything has been added up.总数The school bazaar raised a/the grand total of ￡550.这所学校的义卖筹得的款项总数为550镑。
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