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| 1 | bigger or more than is usual 巨大的；超乎寻常的 |
| She had great difficulty in guessing where I was from. 她难以猜出我是从哪儿来的。 |
| They could be in great danger. 他们会处于极大的危险之中。 |
| He was in a great hurry. 他非常匆忙。 |
| It gives me great pleasure to welcome our next guest. 我非常荣幸地请出我们的下一位来宾。 |
| This is a great opportunity to raise a lot of money. 这是筹集到大笔钱的大好机会。 |
| | 1a | used for emphasizing the physical size of something or someone （用于强调某物的规格或某人的个头）大的，巨大的 | | They dug this whacking great hole. 他们挖了这样一个大得惊人的洞。 | | great big a great big piece of chocolate 一大块巧克力 | |
| | 1b | used for emphasizing a large number of people or things （用于强调人或物的数量之多）许多，大量，很大程度 | | Shakespeare wrote a great many plays. 莎士比亚创作了大量戏剧作品。 | | The great majority disagree. 绝大多数人不同意。 | |
| | 1c | very large and impressive 巨大的；盛大的 | | the great river 大河 | | a great feast 盛宴 | |
| | 1d | used in the names of buildings, rooms, or features of geography that are very large and impressive （用于建筑物、房间或地理特征的名称）大的 | | the castle’ s great hall 城堡的大厅 | | the Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁 | |
| | 1e | used in the names of birds or animals that are larger than related birds or animals （用以指称相似动物中较大的一种）大的，巨型的 | | the great white shark 大白鲨 | |
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| 2 | important or powerful 重要的；主要的；强大的 |
| a great military power 军事强国 |
| | 2a | used about an event or situation that affects a lot of people or a large area （事件或形势）影响很大的 | | the greatest environmental disaster in decades 数十年来最严重的环境灾难 | | a great health-care crisis 医疗保健的重大危机 | |
| | 2b | used in the names of important events in history （用于重大历史事件的名称）大的 | | the Great Depression of the 1930s 20世纪30年代的大萧条 | | the Great Fire of London of 1666 1666年的伦敦大火 | |
| | 2c | used about someone famous or important who is admired by a lot of people , or about their work （受人尊敬的名人、要人或他们的工作）伟大的，崇高的 | | one of the greatest writers of the modern age 近代最伟大的作家之一 | | a great work of art 伟大的艺术品 | |
| | 2d | used for emphasizing the most important feature of something （用于强调某物最重要的特点）主要的 | | The really great thing about this computer is its speed. 这台计算机的优点主要是速度快。 | | The great advantage is that this place is so near to town. 最主要的便利条件是这个地方离城镇非常近。 | |
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| 3 | informal enthusiastic about something or someone 热心的；热衷的；特别喜爱的 |
| I’ m your greatest admirer. 我最崇拜你了。 |
| a great football fan 超级球迷 |
| a great talker/walker/reader etc She’ s a great reader of biographies. 她非常喜欢阅读各种传记。 |
| be a great one for (=be enthusiastic about) I’ ve never been a great one for spiders and snakes. 很喜欢… |
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| 4 | informal able to do something very well 擅长（…）的；精于（…）的 |
| He’ s a great guitarist. 他非常擅长弹吉他。 |
| +at She’ s great at maths. 她精通数学。 |
| | 4a | able to deal with certain people very well （和某类人）能很好相处的 | | Isn’ t she great with the children? 她难道不是很会和小孩相处吗？ | |
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| 5 | mainly spoken used for expressing pleasure or agreement （用于表达喜悦或赞同）太好了，好极了 |
| It’ s great to be here. 来到这儿太好了。 |
| I think it’ s great he’ s got a girlfriend. 他有了女朋友，我觉得这太好了。 |
| Great! I’ ll pick you up at eight, then. 好极了！那么我8点来接你。 |
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| 6 | informal very good , enjoyable , or attractive 非常好的；令人愉快的；吸引人的 |
| This cake tastes great. 这蛋糕非常好吃。 |
| We had a great day. 我们这一天过得非常愉快。 |
| You looked great in that outfit. 你穿上那套衣服看起来非常漂亮。 |
| This is a great place for families. 对家庭来说这是个好地方。 |
| | 6a | used for saying that something that you expected to be good , enjoyable etc is not 太好了（用作反语） | | That’ s just great! Now I’ ll have do it all over again. 那可真是`太好了’！现在我又得重做一遍。 | |
| | 6b | used about someone who is nice and a pleasure to be with （人）和蔼的，随和的 | | He’ s a great guy. 他是个很好相处的人。 | | a great friend 一个很不错的朋友 | |
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| 7 | used for showing relationships between previous generations of family members. For example , your great-grandmother and great-grandfather are the parents of your grandparents. Your great-aunt is the sister of one of your grandparents. （家族关系）隔代的 |
| PHRASES |
| - | great Scott/Heavens old-fashioned
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| used for expressing surprise , shock , or anger |
| （用于表示惊讶、震惊或愤怒）天哪 |
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| - | great with child literary
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| an old phrase meaning ‘pregnant’ |
| （pregnant的古时用语） |
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| See also | | - gun 1 | | - shake 2 | |
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