grandest

英 [ˈgrændɪst]

美 [ˈgrændəst]

adj.  壮丽的; 堂皇的; 重大的; (用于大建筑物等的名称)大; 宏大的; 宏伟的; 有气派的
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柯林斯词典

The form grand is used as the plural for meaning 8. 义项8的复数形式为grand。


• ADJ-GRADED 宏伟的；壮丽的；富丽堂皇的
  If you describe a building or a piece of scenery asgrand, you mean that its size or appearance is very impressive.
  1. ...this grand building in the center of town...
     这幢位于市中心的宏伟建筑
  2. The scenery of South Island is on a grand scale.
     南岛风光壮观秀丽。
• ADJ-GRADED （计划等）宏伟的，宏大的
  Grandplans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
  1. Critics will point to other grand schemes that have gone less well, such as Sheffield's World Student Games disaster...
     批评家将会指出其他一些并不成功的大项目，比如谢菲尔德世界大学生运动会这一败笔。
  2. The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.
     欧洲统一货币的宏伟构想已经获得认同。
• ADJ-GRADED 牛气的；不可一世的
  People who aregrandthink they are important or socially superior.
  1. He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...
     他比威尔士亲王还牛气，甚至更有钱。
  2. The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.
     克拉伦斯公爵将会到场，还有你许多牛不可及的朋友亦将出席。
• ADJ 快乐的；令人非常愉快的
  If you describe an activity or experience asgrand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.
  1. Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out...
     若想找个地儿开心地逛一天，没有哪家博物馆能比得上格林尼治皇家天文台。
  2. The dinner was a grand success...
     晚宴办得十分成功。
  3. He was having a grand time meeting new sorts of people.
     结识形形色色的人让他很开心。
• ADJ-GRADED 了不起的；出色的；极好的
  You can describe someone or something asgrandwhen you admire or approve of them very much.
  1. He was a grand bloke.
     他非常了不起。
• ADJ 总括的
  Agrandtotal is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation.
  1. It came to a grand total of £20,329.
     总计20,329英镑。
• ADJ （常用于大型建筑物的名称前）大的
  Grandis often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.
  1. They stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.
     他们住在布达佩斯大饭店。
• N-COUNT 一千美元（或英镑）
  Agrandis a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.
  1. They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
     他们打算付你一万美元作为改编老剧本的报酬。
• 同grand piano
  Agrandis the same as agrand piano.
• See also:grandly

双语例句

• Cape Coast Castle was the grandest of the slave emporiums, at the centre of the trade.
  海岸角的奴隶城堡当时最大的奴隶交易中心，这里算得上是奴隶贸易的中心。
• Midsummer festival on June24th should be the grandest festival besides Christmas Eve in Sweden.
  6月24日的仲夏节应该是除了圣诞节以外在瑞典最为隆重的节日。
• A Leader Must Have a Vision: This could be your grandest goal, or an overall sense of accomplishment.
  领导者必须有远见：这可能是你最远大的目标，或者是一种成就感。
• That is exactly how New York looks alike when it is still a virgin territory& not the grandest metropolis right now.
  在纽约还是一块处女地的时候就是如此。而如今，它是全世界最大的城市。
• It is the grandest integral palace complex still remaining in China.
  它是中国现存规模最大的宫殿建筑群。
• All around us companies and institutions are going wrong, including many of the world's largest and grandest.
  我们周围所有的企业和机构包括许多世界上最大、最重要的公司都出了问题。
• When you get tired, take a streetcar or an "elevated train", and look at some of the largest and grandest shops in the world.
  你要是有点累了，那就坐电车或高架火车去浏览其中几家世界上规模最大、最宏伟的商店吧。
• Grandest of all laws is the law of development.
  一切法则之中，至高无上的是进步发展的法则。
• Mighty Volantis, grandest and most populous of the Nine Free Cities.
  强大的瓦兰提斯，九个自由城邦里最大与人口最多的城邦。
• Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument to love ever created.
  泰姬陵矗立于印度古都阿格拉城，是有史以来为爱情而建的最华丽的纪念物。