greater
美 [ɡre?t]
英 [ɡre?t] 
- n.偉人;名人;偉大的事物;大事;名家;全部;〈英俚〉牛津大學學士學位考試
- adj.偉大的;優(yōu)異的;貴族的;很多的;偉大的;擅長;巨大的;數(shù)量大的
- adv.〈口〉很好地;很好地;極好地;很棒地
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)大于;更大的;更偉大的
詞形變化
比較級:greater 最高級:greatest 復數(shù):greats 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
大large
1. | [ubn] 大的;巨大的;數(shù)量大的;眾多的very large; much bigger than average in size or quantity |
| A great crowd had gathered. 一大群人聚集在一起。 |
| People were arriving in great numbers. 人們大批到來。 |
| The great majority of(= most) people seem to agree with this view. 大多數(shù)人似乎都同意這種觀點。 |
| He must have fallen from a great height. 他肯定是從很高的地方摔下來的。 |
| She lived to a great age. 她活了很大歲數(shù)。 |
2. | [obn]
(強調(diào)尺寸、體積或質(zhì)量)很used to emphasize an adjective of size or quality |
| There was a great big pile of books on the table. 桌上有很大一摞書。 |
| He cut himself a great thick slice of cake. 他給自己切了厚厚的一大塊蛋糕。 |
3. | 非常的;很多的;極大的much more than average in degree or quantity |
| a matter of great importance 非常重要的事 |
| The concert had been a great success. 音樂會非常成功。 |
| Her death was a great shock to us all. 她的死使我們所有人都感到非常震驚。 |
| It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today. 今天能在這里歡迎您是我極大的榮幸。 |
| Take great care of it. 對此要多加小心。 |
| You've been a great help. 你幫了大忙。 |
| We are all to a great extent the products of our culture. 我們在很大程度上都是所屬文化的產(chǎn)物。 |
受贊賞admired
4. | 偉大的;優(yōu)秀的;杰出的;卓越的extremely good in ability or quality and therefore admired by many people |
| He has been described as the world's greatest violinist. 他被稱為世界上最杰出的小提琴手。 |
| Sherlock Holmes, the great detective 赫赫有名的偵探福爾摩斯 |
| Great art has the power to change lives. 偉大藝術(shù)品有著改變?nèi)藗兩畹牧α俊?/div> |
好good
5. |
美妙的;好極的;使人快樂的very good or pleasant |
| He's a great bloke. 他是個大好人。 |
| It's great to see you again. 很高興再次見到你。 |
| What a great goal! 這球進得真妙! |
| We had a great time in Madrid. 我們在馬德里玩得很開心。 |
| ‘I'll pick you up at seven.’ ‘That'll be great, thanks.’ “我七點鐘來接你?!薄疤昧耍x謝?!?/div> |
| Oh great, they left without us. 啊,真絕,他們撇下我們走了。 |
| You've been a great help, I must say(= no help at all) . 依我看,你真是幫了個大忙啊(指幫倒忙)。 |
重要;給人深刻印象important/impressive
6. | [obn] 重要的;重大的;給人深刻印象的important and impressive |
| The wedding was a great occasion. 這婚禮可是一大盛典。 |
| As the great day approached, she grew more and more nervous. 隨著這重大日子的臨近,她心情越來越緊張。 |
| The great thing is to get it done quickly. 重要的是盡快將它完成。 |
| One great advantage of this metal is that it doesn't rust. 這金屬最大的一個優(yōu)點就是不生銹。 |
有影響with influence
7. | 地位高的;位高權(quán)重的;影響大的having high status or a lot of influence |
| the great powers(= important and powerful countries) 大國 |
| We can make this country great again. 我們可以使這個國家再次強大起來。 |
| Alexander the Great 亞歷山大大帝 |
健康in good health
8. | 身心健康的;心情愉快的in a very good state of physical or mental health |
| She seemed in great spirits(= very cheerful) . 她好像心情很不錯。 |
| I feel great today. 我今天感覺特別好。 |
| Everyone's in great form. 每個人的狀態(tài)都很好。 |
熟練skilled
9. | [nubn]
~ at (doing) sth 擅長;精通able to do sth well |
| She's great at chess. 她國際象棋下得很好。 |
有用useful
10. |
~ for (doing) sth 適合;(對…)有用very suitable or useful for sth |
| This gadget's great for opening jars. 這小玩意兒開廣口瓶挺好。 |
| Try this cream─it's great for spots. 試試這種乳霜吧,對皮膚斑點挺有效。 |
強調(diào)for emphasis
11. | [obn] (強調(diào)某種情況)used when you are emphasizing a particular description of sb/sth |
| We are great friends. 我們是最要好的朋友。 |
| I've never been a great reader(= I do not read much) . 我從來都看書不多。 |
| She's a great talker, isn't she? 她是個話匣子,對不對? |
家庭family
12. | (冠于家庭成員的稱呼前,表示更高或更低一輩的親屬關(guān)系)added to words for family members to show a further stage in relationship |
| my great-aunt(= my father's or mother's aunt) 我的姑婆╱姨婆 |
| her great-grandson(= the grandson of her son or daughter) 她的曾孫 |
| my great-great-grandfather(= the grandfather of my grandfather) 我的高祖 |
較大的動物╱植物larger animals/plants
13. | [obn] (用于相似動植物中較大者的名稱前)大used in the names of animals or plants which are larger than similar kinds |
城市名city name
14. | (與城市名連用,指包括市區(qū)和周圍廣大地區(qū)在內(nèi)的區(qū)域)大used with the name of a city to describe an area that includes the centre of the city and a large area all round it |
1. | [usupl]
名人;偉人;偉大的事物a very well-known and successful person or thing |
| He was one of boxing's all-time greats. 他是一位空前的拳擊好手。 |
| Well done. You did great. 干得好。你干得真棒。 |
習慣用語
be going great guns
做得快;順利;成功to be doing sth quickly and successfully
| Work is going great guns now. 目前工作很順利。 |
be a great one for (doing) sth
老做,總是做,喜歡做(某事)to do sth a lot; to enjoy sth
| I've never been a great one for writing letters. 我向來不喜歡寫信。 |
| You're a great one for quizzes, aren't you? 你是智力競賽老手,不是嗎? |
be no great shakes
不太出色;不太有效;不怎么合適;不怎么樣to be not very good, efficient, suitable, etc.
great and small
大??;高低;貴賤of all sizes or types
| all creatures great and small 所有大小生物 |
great minds think alike
英雄所見略同used to say that you and another person must both be very clever because you have had the same idea or agree about sth
the great …in the sky
(人死后回到)天上的老家,天國,西天;(東西無用了進)博物館used to refer to where a particular person is imagined to go when they die or a thing when it is no longer working, similar to the place they were connected with on earth
| Their pet rabbit had gone to the great rabbit hutch in the sky. 他們的寵兔已回到西天的兔宮了。 |
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. 偉大的,杰出的;優(yōu)異的,顯著的;貴族的,高尚的 4. 〈口〉了不起的,絕妙的,非常愉快的,令人滿意的 |
n. | |
adv. | |
英英解釋
例句
Moreover, a greater proportion of single men, in any society, is often linked with increasing rates of crime and violence.
再者,在任何社會當中,如果單身漢的比例過大,通常這個社會的犯罪率和暴力程度就越高。
My surprise was all the greater to hear that manner of speaking in the mouth of a grown man.
現(xiàn)在,從一個成人的嘴里,竟也聽到這種說話的腔調(diào),更使我詫異了。
It has been a great privilege to serve as your Secretary-General. That you should ask me to serve once again makes it all the greater.
擔任秘書長的工作一直是我莫大的榮幸,今天再次獲得大家的任命使我更加感到光榮。
But now, greater efforts are being made to see that wild pandas are able to live and thrive in their Chinese mountain homes.
但現(xiàn)在,我們在盡更大的努力以能夠看到野生大熊貓在它們位于中國山區(qū)的家中生活和繁盛。
The aim is to get tough with China to teach it a lesson, so it will bolster its currency and usher in a greater flow of U.
目的即是要對中國強硬并給它“上一課”,使中國升值人民幣并引入更多的美國貨物。
The result of this process is the change in social thinking, and a greater sense of mutual dependence between the citizens of Europe.
隨著這一過程而來的是,社會思維方式的改變和歐洲各國公民對彼此依賴性認識的增強。
Duality and physicality as you know it are to evolve and grow into something else, something greater.
你所知的二元性與肉體性將演化并成長為其他更大的什么。
It was for the greater good, but I'm sorry. And to prove it, I'm not gonna feed on a human . For at least a week.
但是我很抱歉,為了證明我的歉意,我準備不喝人血,至少堅持一周。
I feel as if time has somehow been stretched. The distance between Monday and Friday feels greater, but the weekends seem longer too.
好像時間被拉長了,無論是周一到周五還是周末,我都有類似的感覺。
If it started greater acceleration we would have to look at doing something, but I don't think we need to do anything for a few years yet.
如果傾斜速度加快,那我們就需要采取一些行動了。不過我覺得近幾年還用不著。
Cuthbert was, upon the whole, the more liberal-minded, though, with greater subtlety, he had not so much heart.
總的說來,卡斯伯特是一個氣量更加寬宏的人,不過他雖然顯得更加敏感,但是卻少了許多勇氣。
A view is only visible if it has a color or an image assigned to it, and if the height and width are greater than zero.
如果將一個顏色或一張圖片分派給視圖并且他的寬和高都大于零,那他是可見的。
With only a few games to draw from, the first few contests seem to hold greater significance.
雖然只有幾場比賽,但是最先的幾場看起來就有更重要的意義。
If the events of this week encourage greater circumspection then this will have been a bout of market turmoil well worth enduring.
如果上周所發(fā)生的事件能讓投資者更為慎重,那么這將是一次很值得承受的市場動蕩。
But Japan's public is not ready to support greater spending on defence that has, since the war, largely been outsourced to the US, he says.
但杜加里克表示,日本公眾并沒有準備好支持增加國防開支。自二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束以來,日本的國防主要外包給美國了。
For a user mode application to be able to create a core file, the system limit on the size of the core files must be greater than 0.
用戶模式的應用程序可以創(chuàng)建一個內(nèi)核文件,系統(tǒng)對內(nèi)核文件尺寸的限制是必須大于0。
Opening up to the global market economy did not necessarily bring greater employment opportunities, she said.
她表示,向全球市場經(jīng)濟開放,不一定帶來更多就業(yè)機會。
Everybody seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater development and greater riches and so on.
每個人看起來都是為了更大的發(fā)展和更多的財富和別的東西而這樣的匆忙,這樣的擔憂。
He said the crisis puts at risk recent hard-won gains in faster economic growth, lower poverty and greater political stability.
他說,這次危機使得這些國家本應用于加快經(jīng)濟發(fā)展,減少平困,增強政局穩(wěn)定的來之不易的收益又處于危險之中。
Ask him to ship you a replacement bottle of equal or greater value or to return the beer you sent him.
要求他更換一瓶同等或更高價值的啤酒或是退回你的交易啤酒。
The much greater frequency of imitation with insects than with other animals, is probably the consequence of their small size.
昆蟲擬態(tài)例子之所以遠較其它動物為多,其原因大概在于體型小。
The readiness to run risks for peace was bound to be greater in America than in Israel.
美國必然比以色列更加愿意為謀求和平而冒風險。
Economic historians have debated whether the pull of opportunity is greater than the push of economic difficulty.
一些經(jīng)濟史學家一直對機會的吸引力是不是大于經(jīng)濟困難的推動力這個問題爭論不休。
Alluvial soil was found to be more likely to show a greater deficiency of magnesium than glacial till soils.
沖積土比冰川土更容易呈現(xiàn)較嚴重的缺鎂。
The puzzle appears greater when one recalls the vast accumulation of material power available to the Habsburgs.
回想一下哈布斯堡家族所能積聚和掌握的大量物質(zhì)力量就更令人困惑費解。
Greater availability of health care in cities than in rural areas has led to lower death rates in cities.
在城市比起在農(nóng)村能夠獲得更多的醫(yī)療保健,這就使得城市的死亡率較低。
The greater the number of protons, the greater is their tendency to blow the nucleus apart.
質(zhì)子數(shù)越大,它們使核爆裂的傾向也就愈大。
Here was a greater fertility and greater abandonment.
這里更加豐饒,更加放縱。
A greater reliance on prices and markets is essential if the level and efficiency of investment are to rise.
為了提高投資的水平和效率必須更多地依靠價格和市場。
The introduction given here should prepare the student to enter these fields with greater ease.
這里給出的導引,將為學生更容易地進入這些領(lǐng)域做好準備。
It took a greater act of faith than I was capable of to believe that they would abide willingly by an inconclusive outcome.
我實在不敢相信他們會心甘情愿地承擔一種尚未見最后分曉的后果。
The signal collecting area of each system would be at least 100 times greater than that of the Arecibo telescope.
每個系統(tǒng)的收集信號的區(qū)域至少一百倍于阿雷西博望遠鏡。
He was, upon the whole, the more liberalminded, though, with greater subtlety, he had not so much heart.
整個說來,他比較豁達一點,雖然腦筋較為靈活,卻少些心計。
For as soon as he began to turn, or double, the greater number of his pursuers would put escape out of the question.
因為只要他一往回跑,或是拐彎,敵人人多,就會把他圍住。
The researchers related these changes to the heart muscle's greater need for oxygen when alcohol is in the body.
研究人員認為,這些改變是與在體內(nèi)有酒時,心肌對氧的需要增大有關(guān)。
A fear seized her of what she was about to do, but she was driven on by a greater fear.
她將要做的事情使她深感恐懼,但她為一種更大的恐怖所驅(qū)使。
Troy toiled up the road with a languor and depression greater than any he had experienced for many a day and year before.
特羅伊帶著一種許久不曾有過的倦怠和沮喪在路上艱難地走著。
It was observed that the lower yield point was subject to a greater degree of scatter than that of the upper yield point.
業(yè)已觀察到下屈服點比上屈服點易產(chǎn)生更大的散布度。
In terms of mechanical properties, the stronger the forces are, the greater is the strength and rigidity of the mineral crystal.
就力學性質(zhì)來講,這個力越強,礦物晶體的強度和剛性就越高。
The bed being soft, it broke no bones, but as the weight was great, and made greater by the fall, it beat me down.
那墊子是軟的,當然沒有把我的骨頭折斷;但是那重量可也不輕,從上面扔下來又來勢很猛,因此把我打倒在地。
We would have to entrust greater responsibility to the permanent officials of the Department of the State and the Foreign Service.
我們得委以國務院和外交部門的常務官員以更大的職責。
In order for energy to be conserved, the final total kinetic energy must be greater than the initial by this amount.
要符合能量守恒原理,末總動能必須比初動能大這么多。
One form of colonial rule shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far greater iron tyranny.
一種形式殖民統(tǒng)治的消亡絕不僅僅是為了讓另一種更加嚴酷的暴政來替代它。
The actual rate of decay may be somewhat greater or less than this expected rate.
衰變的實際速率可以比這個預期速率稍大些或稍小些。
In the event of a scavenging stage, it was introduced to achieve greater sensitivity.
為了達到更高的靈敏度而要求濃縮處理。
The greater the similarity of economic structure, the greater the interdependence of the urban and national economies.
經(jīng)濟結(jié)構(gòu)愈相似,城市經(jīng)濟與國家經(jīng)濟的互相依賴程度越高。
Man never directly perceives motion with speed greater than a tiny fraction of the speed of light.
人們從來未曾直接覺察到速率比光速大極小一個因子的運動。
Generally a higher lignin content in a particular wood species will result in lower movement or greater stability.
通常,木素含量高的某些樹種,其脹縮較小或相當穩(wěn)定。
Barnum's successive hoaxes only brought him greater popularity, so long as he altered them often enough.
巴納姆騙人的玩意,使他越來越受人歡迎;只要他經(jīng)常變換花樣就行。
This conviction, though not entirely satisfactory, gave her pleasure, and she continued her letter with greater alacrity.
這個確信雖不十分令人滿足,但卻使她高興,于是她帶著更大的愉快繼續(xù)寫信。
Likewise, domestic production by the subsidiaries of foreign owned MNEs is often greater than imports.
同樣的,在國內(nèi)以外資獨資的跨國公司子公司的生產(chǎn)產(chǎn)品通常要優(yōu)于國外進口的。
It was very early in the morning, and there was a thick fog that added an even greater sense of magic and mystery to this ritual.
在這個時間還很早的清晨,濃霧給這個宗教儀式增添了更多妖異神秘的意味。
Men like me, who were, are the greater offenders, not because we knew better (that would be too much to say) but because we sensed better.
像我這樣的才更像是妨礙納粹的人,不是因為我們知道的更多(那樣說是太夸大了),而是我們更敏感。
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
人們彼此煩擾的能力看起來遠勝于其他任何一種動物。
The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is greater than or equal to the length of the remaining side.
一個三角形的任兩邊長之和一定大于或等于第三邊的長度
Both countries have corruption in India than China, the greater need seems to be also to look inwards rather than as outright competitors.
印度的貪污情況比中國還嚴重,他們似乎更需要整理自己國家內(nèi)部矛盾而不是在外尋找競爭對手。
Finances will be released in a greater measure to be able to allow the Body of Christ to disciple nations.
財富將被更大量的釋放出來,好使基督的身體能訓練萬國作主的門徒。
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he welcomed the greater sense of urgency being shown over Greece.
美國財長蓋特納(TimothyGeithner)表示對希臘展現(xiàn)的更大程度的緊缺感表示歡迎。
"You can only do so much in a flask, and obviously the mix of species would be much greater in a natural environment, " Jones pointed out.
“培養(yǎng)瓶中的實驗差不多只能做到這個程度,很顯然自然條件下共生的物種數(shù)量要大得多。”瓊斯指出。
if the chicks eyes open Large, lift your head, ready to take off on its daring greater is the top grade birds, you can select.
如果幼鳥眼睛睜大,挺胸昂首,準備起飛,說明其膽子較大,是上品鳥,可以選取。
A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then, than at any other time before or since.
在法國南部,八月炎熱的日子里驕陽當空,在那之前或之后這都不是什么稀罕的事。
Function must be at least four bytes greater than the actual length of the string.
參數(shù)指定的記錄長度必須至少比實際字符串長度多四個字節(jié)。
The second thing is we could have placed greater emphasis on coaching rather than leave it up to the projects to ask for coaching.
第二是我們應該更強調(diào)指導,而不是在要求下才去指導。
Yet compared to the US, China seems to have a clearer sense of direction, greater flexibility and a willingness to move.
然而和美國相比,中國似乎有更清晰地方向感,靈活度更高,而且更愿意進行轉(zhuǎn)移。
Then you may be able to help the animals and man in a greater and deeper sense.
那樣你就能更廣泛、更深入地幫助動物和人。
Although the word "democracy" did not appear, the report argued for greater political participation by China's citizens.
雖然這份報告并未使用“民主”這個詞,但它主張讓中國公民在更大程度上參與政治。
Finally from the surface modification, metal-coated carbon-doped and an analysis of three modified to have greater advantages.
最后從表面修飾,金屬摻雜和碳包覆三個方面進行分析改性,使其有更大優(yōu)越性。
Lisa changed schools because she was convinced that the opportunity and need for her Christian witness were far greater in her new school.
莉莎轉(zhuǎn)學是因為她相信新的學校更需要基督徒見證,而見證的機會也大得多。
Summarizing the year's work, the managing director in the company proposed a greater project of the next year.
公司的總經(jīng)理總結(jié)了一年的工作,提出了下年度更大的工程計劃。
After a year, those who lost at least 2 percent of their body fat had even greater decreases in estrogen.
一年后,那些減去了至少2%的體重的婦女們的雌激素水平有了更大幅度的下降。
A high-fat diet correlates with a greater risk of heart disease.
高脂肪飲食與增加心臟病發(fā)作的風險密切相關(guān)。
The aversion of the radicals to add their own monomers is the greater, the smaller the corresponding r, or, r2 value.
自由基對自己的單體的疏遠性越大,則相應的r和r2的數(shù)值就越小。
This should be expected in view of the much greater mass contained in the cylinder.
鑒于圓柱體包含的質(zhì)量大得多,這是在意料之中的。
The work of the chemical engineer in utilizing successively greater fractions of raw materials such as crude oil is well known.
化學工程師的工作是對象原油這樣的一些原材料的多數(shù)分餾物加以連續(xù)不斷地利用,這是盡人皆知的。
At low temperatures, the difference in population of atoms between two energy levels, which is the basis of maser action, is greater.
在低溫下,作為微波激射作用基礎(chǔ)的兩個能級之間原子數(shù)的差別較大。
The greater the tax rate, the more those who are being taxed try to avoid it.
稅率越高,納稅人越想逃避。
It is axiomatic that a whole is greater than any of its parts.
整體大于其任何一部分,是不待證明即可明白的。
Some difficulties lie behind us, but greater ones lie ahead.
我們已經(jīng)克服了一些困難,但是前面還有更大的困難。
"All done to save money for tempting fortune, and make her triumph greater, " cried the old man.
“我所以這樣做全是為了省下錢碰碰運氣,想讓她更風光些,”老人叫道。
Because of the ellipticity of the earth's orbit the solar radiation incident on the earth is about 7% greater in December than in June.
因為地球軌道是橢圓,入射到地球上的太陽輻射在12月份約比6月份多7%。