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largeHlB:J, $lB:rJadj-r, -st bigger or greater than is usual, typical or average（偏）大的Who lives in that large house at the end of the road?谁住在路尽头的大房子里？Are you planning to buy a larger car when the twins are born?双胞胎出生后，你是否计划买辆大汽车？Which company is the world's largest computer manufacturer?哪家公司是世界上最大的电脑制造商？We didn't expect such a large number of people to attend the concert.我们没想到有那么多人来听音乐会。We've made good progress, but there's still a large amount of work to be done.我们有了很大进步，但还有许多工作要做。(humorous) She was the rather large (= fat) lady in the red dress.她就是那个穿红色连衣裙的胖女人。There was a larger -than-expected fall in unemployment last month.上月的失业率比预计的低得多。Researchers have just completed the largest -ever survey of criminal behaviour in the UK.研究者刚完成英国历史上最大规模的犯罪行为调查。The population faces starvation this winter without large -scale emergency food aid.没有大规模紧急食品援助，人们今年冬天将面临饥荒。Rachel had told me she wasn't going to the party, but when I arrived she was there, (as) large as life (= behaving in a way which made her presence obvious) and the centre of attention.雷切尔对我说她不去晚会，可我到时她正在那儿，千真万确，而且最为引人注目。Twelve prisoners are at large (= free when they should not be) following a series of escapes.在一系列越狱行动之后，十二名犯人在逃（逍遥法外）。Abortion is an important issue which needs to be debated by society at large (= by the whole of society together) and not just by politicians.堕胎是重要问题，需要整个社会而不仅仅是政治家们讨论。There's a few small things that I don't like about my job, but by and large (= when everything about my job is considered together) it's very enjoyable.工作中有几件小事我不喜欢，但总的来说，还是很愉快的。The characteristics of someone or something that is larger than life are much more obvious than usual.超群的，非凡的She was always larger than life and well-known throughout the hospital.在医院上上下下，她总是出人头地而不同一般的。The large intestine is the lower part of the bowels in which water is removed from digested food before it is excreted as solid waste.大肠"It's as large as life and twice as natural" (Lewis Carroll in his book Alice Through the Looking-Glass, 1872)“活灵活现，比真的还可信”（选自刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽斯的镜中世界》）
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