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| 1 | a gross amount of money is the total amount before taxes or costs have been taken out （未扣除税或成本）总的，全部的，毛的 |
| a company with gross revenues of £50,000,000 总收入为5000万英镑的公司 |
| In 1984 women earned only 66 per cent of men’ s gross weekly earnings. 在1984年，女性员工每周的总收入仅相当于男性员工的66%。 |
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| 2 | only before noun legal gross actions are extremely bad and are considered immoral by most people （行为）极其恶劣的，不端的 |
| He was dismissed for gross misconduct. 他因极端恶劣的行为而被解雇。 |
| gross negligence/mismanagement They were accused of gross negligence. 他们被控犯有重大过失。 |
| | 2a | extreme and unreasonable 极端的；不合理的 | | That is a gross distortion of the truth. 那是对真相的肆意歪曲。 | |
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| 3 | informal extremely unpleasant . This word is used mainly by young people . 极令人厌恶的，极令人不快的（该词主要为年轻人使用） |
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