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great

Word family 
great1 /ɡreɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp greater, superlativesupl greatest) → grate
1  large 大的 [usually before noun] very large in amount or degree 大量的；很大程度的
The movie was a great success.
這部影片大獲成功。
The news came as possibly the greatest shock of my life.
這個消息可能是我一生中最大的打擊。
The paintings cost a great deal (=a lot) of money.
這些畫價值不菲。
John always takes great care over his work.
約翰工作時總是非常小心。
It gives me great pleasure (=I am very pleased) to introduce tonight’s speaker.
我非常高興請出今晚的演講者。
It’s a great pity that none of his poems survive.
非常遺憾，他的詩歌沒有一首保存下來。
The temptation was too great to resist.
誘惑太大，難以抵擋。
► see thesaurus at big
2  excellent 極好的 especially spoken
GOOD/EXCELLENTvery good 非常好的 SYN wonderful, fantastic
The weather here is great.
這裏的天氣非常好。
It’s great to be home.
回家真好。
a great day out for all the family
一家人愉快出遊的一天
sound/taste/smell/feel etc great
I worked out this morning and I feel great.
我今早做了運動，感覺很好。
You look great in that dress.
你穿那條裙子很漂亮。
great for doing something
Email’s great for keeping in touch.
電子郵件是很好的聯系方式。
the great thing about somebody/something (=the very good thing about someone or something) 某人/某物的優點
The great thing about Alex is that he’s always willing to explain things to you.
亞歷克斯的優點是他總願意把事情解釋給你聽。
► see thesaurus at good, nice
n Grammar
Great is not used with ‘very’ in this meaning. You say:
You did a really great job.
✗Don’t say: You did a very great job.
3  important 重要的
a) [usually before noun] important or having a lot of influence 偉大的；影響大的
one of the greatest scientific achievements of our time
我們這個時代最偉大的科學成就之一
What makes a novel truly great?
是什麽使一部小說真正偉大？
great historical events
重大的歷史事件
b) used in the title of a person or event that was very important in the past 重要的，重大的〔用於歷史上重要人物的稱號或重要事件的名稱〕
Peter/Catherine etc the Great
I’m reading a biography of Alexander the Great.
我在看一部亞歷山大大帝的傳記。
the Great Depression
大蕭條
the Great War old-fashioned (=World War I) 第一次世界大戰
4  generous 高潔的 very good or generous in a way that people admire 崇高的
a great humanitarian gesture
崇高的人道主義姿態
5  extremely skilful 技藝高超的 famous for being able to do something extremely well 偉大的，卓越的，傑出的
Ali was undoubtedly one of the greatest boxers of all time.
阿裏無疑是有史以來最偉大的拳擊手之一。
a book about the lives of the great composers
介紹大作曲家生平的一本書
6  big 大的 written very big 大的，巨大的 SYN huge
A great crowd had gathered.
一大群人聚集了起來。
A great iron stove filled half the room.
一個巨大的鐵爐佔了房間的一半。
7  BIG 大的great big spokenVERY very big 非常大的
Get your great big feet off my table!
把你的大腳從我桌上拿下來！
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great big• My mouth watered as I looked at those great big berries.• And great big chunks of the current Libertarian Party movement contain a horde of former left-wing nuts who are now Libertarian nuts.• A great big eel, one day, swam past and touched her.• In the silence that followed, Baby Suggs, holy, offered up to them her great big heart.• It was that little noise and a great big hug that let me know that you were very proud of me.• I like the man who's playing this great big shiny thing like a fog horn.• I mean, look at what Hendrix had for pedals - just a Fuzz Face and a great big stack of Marshalls.• Well now, one surely would have thought that for such little things those great big waves might have seemed threatening.
8  doing STH a lot 某事做得很多 used to emphasize that someone does something a lot 酷愛做某事的〔用於強調〕
a great talker/reader/admirer etc
Anthony’s a great talker – sometimes you just can’t get a word in.
安東尼很健談——有時你根本插不上話。
Len was a great believer in the power of positive thinking.
萊恩堅信積極思維的力量。
be a great one for doing something
She’s a great one for telling stories about her schooldays.
她很喜歡講她學生時代的故事。
9  to a greater or lesser extent used to emphasize that something is always true, even though it is more true or noticeable in some situations than others 或多或少，多多少少
Most companies operate in conditions that are to a greater or lesser extent competitive.
大多數公司的經營多少都面臨着一些競爭。
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to a greater or lesser extent• All polite exchanges are conventional to a greater or lesser extent.• With every formal organisation there exists, to a greater or lesser extent, a complex informal organisation.• All societies differentiate and, to a greater or lesser extent, allocate unequal rewards on the basis of age.• Both historians proceed to a greater or lesser extent by way of discussion of great photographers.• They also, to a greater or lesser extent, existed outside mainstream, predominantly male controlled, hierarchical structures.• All of us, to a greater or lesser extent, have been doing this all our lives.• Different professional institutions may define to a greater or lesser extent the modes and their mix.• In these cases A is to a greater or lesser extent unclear, ambiguous.
10  be no great shakes informalBAD AT to not be very good, interesting, or skilful 不是很好，不怎麽樣
The work’s no great shakes, but at least I’m earning.
這工作不怎麽樣，但至少我在掙錢。
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be no great shakes• The food we got there was no great shakes.• Secondly, and crucially, Professor Griff is no great shakes as a rapper.• At school I was no great shakes at it, or anything.
11  be going great guns informalSUCCESSFUL to be doing something extremely well 很成功，很順利
After a slow start, the Tigers are going great guns.
老虎隊起步慢，現在卻順風順水。
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be going great guns• It is going great guns with special lines, the Fortress Alarm and the upgraded, fancy number, the Citadel.
12  bad 不好的 spoken informal used when you are disappointed or annoyed about something 太糟了〔表示失望或生氣〕
‘Daniel’s cancelled the party.’ ‘Oh great!’
“丹尼爾把派對取消了。”“噢，太糟了！”
13  animal/bird/plant etc 獸類/鳥類/植物等 used in the names of some animals or plants, especially when they are bigger than other animals or plants of the same type 大〔用於相似動植物中較大者的名稱前〕
the Great Crested Grebe
鳳頭䴙☆
14  the great outdoors informal the countryside, considered as enjoyable and healthy 〔有趣又有益健康的〕大自然，野外
He had a taste for adventure and the great outdoors.
他喜歡冒險，喜歡大自然。
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the great outdoors• But these two weren't dressing up for the great outdoors.• In fact, anything can happen in the great outdoors.• Save it for the garden or the great outdoors.• Try to be as tolerant with the views of other human beings as you are with the great outdoors.• Other sights: If you grow bored with the great outdoors or just want to warm up, you have many options.• While some people have a natural aptitude for living in the great outdoors, success usually has little to do with intelligence.• In the great outdoors, the merit of any feats become meaningless.
15. great minds (think alike) spoken used humorously when you and another person have had the same idea 英雄所見（略同）〔幽默用法，表示和另一個人有同樣的想法〕
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great minds (think alike)• Alas, there is no space to give a proper account of the thoughts of these great minds.• The excitement of the intellectual revolution produced some great minds and some important discoveries.• Great visions are the signs of great minds and there were few greater visions than those of Newton and Einstein.• That presents no danger if our great minds are in Paris or London or the United States.• Some of the confusion would certainly have been lessened if the two great minds had had opportunities to exchange ideas.
16  the greater good a general advantage that you can only gain by losing or harming something that is considered less important 〔需要犧牲較不重要的東西才能得到的〕更大的利益
Some wars are fought for the greater good.
有時候戰爭是爲了獲取更大的利益。
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the greater good• This, I learned, was standard practice when a customer was about to be sacrificed for the greater good of Salomon.• For the greater good of the parish or because he knew something?
17  the great apes the different types of animals that are similar to large monkeys, considered as a group 類人猿
Alone of the great apes, the gorilla is not very efficient at using tools.
類人猿中，唯獨大猩猩不太會使用工具。
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the great apes• The orang is by far the most arboreal of the great apes.• Scientists are divided about which of the great apes evolved first from the Proconsul line.
18  the great divide a situation in which there is a big difference between groups in society, areas of a country etc, for example a big difference between their wealth or attitudes 分水嶺，差距，差異〔指不同社會群體、地區等在財富和價值觀上的差别〕
The great divide between north and south seems to be as unbridgeable as ever.
巨大的南北差距似乎依然難以彌合。
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the great divide• A handful of people fell between the cracks of the Great Divide.• She is still on the human side of the Great Divide.• These guys are only Caspers; the real monsters are still breathing on this side of the great divide.• Thus was born the Great Divide.• The Support Force crossed the great divide and for that the profession ought to be grateful.
19. Greater London/Los Angeles/Manchester etc SGLondon, Los Angeles etc and its outer areas 大倫敦/大洛杉矶/大曼徹斯特等〔指包括市區和周圍地區在内的區域〕
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Greater London/Los Angeles/Manchester etc• Every year a couple hundred thousand migrants from Greater Los Angeles are absorbed by other California counties.• In Greater Los Angeles area there are 7.5 million registered drivers and 8 million cars.
20. huge/enormous great British EnglishBrE spokenBIG used to emphasize how big something is 巨大的，龐大的
21. great Scott!/great Heavens! spoken old-fashioned used to express shock or surprise 天哪！〔表示震驚或驚訝〕
22. great with child literary very soon to have a baby 懷孕的，有身孕的
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great with child• But my wife is great with child!
—greatness noun [uncountableU]
She was destined for greatness.
她注定不平凡。
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great• ""Did you have a good holiday?'' ""It was great!''• an excellent film• Maria del Carmen Asencio, a great activist and a good friend of mine, was among them.• Olivier was a great actor.• It would be of great assistance if customers could have the exact money ready.• I have great difficulty in reading without my glasses.• It is actively looking for more pilot schemes to identify the greater efficiencies needed and the best options available for waste collection.• He had squandered his great gifts of talent, intellect, and personal magnetism.• As far as the eye could see, there stretched a great herd of buffalo.• "Your car won't be ready until next week." "Oh, great! I need it tomorrow."• "Let's have a barbecue, " "That's a great idea."• It'd be great if you could come.• That is a matter of great importance.• The point is, we get great information all the time about what is good and bad for us.• Ella Fitzgerald was the greatest jazz singer ever.• a great lady• I was never really a great one for sport as a child.• Other sights: If you grow bored with the great outdoors or just want to warm up, you have many options.• The greatest pleasure comes when caddie and player are in perfect synchronization.• Like great sailing ships, the clouds sped across the sky.• Here he had much greater scope than in London's country.• McEnroe was possibly the greatest tennis player of all time.• I feel great this morning!• "You want to go to a movie instead?" "Yeah, great, why not!"• Many of our great works of art are being sold and exported.
great care• More experiments on more lymphoma-bearing mice followed, and the doses likely to achieve the best effect were assessed with great care.• If you have to clean a patient's eyes, take great care and ask them not to move.• Great care must be taken when the fish is transferred by net as the spines inevitably tangle.• George is very kind and caring and took great care over Lennie.• He began to weigh his words with great care, struggling to express himself as economically and clearly as possible.• Great care was taken in the design of the control panel and the instruments mounted on it.• Great care was taken with his education, but teaching him what he did not wish to learn was a dangerous business.
the great thing about somebody/something• That was one of the great things about both the Lisa and the Macintosh.• D.S. One of the great things about drama school is what you learn to reject as much as what you actually learn.• And the great thing about Grandfather, apparently, was that he was interested in everyone.• That's the great thing about having a car.• I think the greatest thing about it was the talent that came out to support it.• And that's the great thing about it.• One of the great things about setting a text is that it widens the musical vocabulary greatly.• One of the great things about these utilities is the frequency with which they're updated.
the Great War• His father had bought a place in Kildare before the Great War.• Then they went home to the battlefields of the Great War.• Before the Great War, and afterwards also, this had been a street where bank managers and principal shopkeepers lived.• You know, Nicholas, that whatever miseries the Great War brought it destroyed a great deal that was unhealthy between the sexes.• But times had changed, the Great War had seen to that.• Collections of diplomatic documents concerned with the origins of the Great War have also had their built-in weaknesses.• The Third Republic had survived the Great War of 1914-18 but its institutions were blamed by many for the humiliation of 1940.
be a great one for doing something• Margaret used to be a great one for rote learning.• They say in his day he was a great one for the ladies.• Tyrone Guthrie was a great one for comic business, and it was amazing to see how Michael picked it all up.
great2 noun
1  [countableC usually plural] a very successful and famous person in a particular sport, profession etc 〔某項運動、某一行業等的〕傑出人物
Jack Nicklaus is one of golf’s all-time greats.
傑克·尼克勞斯是空前傑出的高爾夫球手之一。
I think his show’s OK, but I wouldn’t call him one of the greats.
我覺得他的節目還可以，但他算不上是什麽傑出人物。
► see thesaurus at star
2. the great and the good people who are considered important – used humorously 重要人物，大人物〔幽默用法〕
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great• Fitzgerald is one of the all-time jazz greats.
great- /ɡreɪt/ prefix
1. great-grandfather/great-grandmother/great-aunt/great-uncle the grandfather, grandmother etc of your parents （外）曾祖父/（外）曾祖母/姑婆[姨婆]/伯公[舅公]
2. great-grandchild/great-granddaughter etc the grandchildren of your child 曾（外）孫/曾（外）孫女等
Origin great1
Old English

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