greatness
英 ['greɪtnɪs]
美['gretnɪs]
- n. 伟大;巨大
词态变化
形容词: great;
英英释意
- 1. the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance
- 2. unusual largeness in size or extent
英文词源
- greatness (n.)
- late Old English gretnys "thickness, coarseness, stoutness;" see great + -ness. Meaning "eminence" is early 14c.
考试真题
- We often hear people say that America is a land of opportunity, a country built on hope to aspire to greatness on the American Dream.
2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
- Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann at a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Over time, the attributes of greatness shifted.
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- Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top.
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- He may not always achieve greatness but at least he's a trier.
- 他也许并非总能成就大事,但至少他竭尽所能。
柯林斯例句
- Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness.
- 亚伯拉罕·林肯成就卓越。
柯林斯例句
- Her greatness lies in her deep understanding of human nature.
- 她的伟大之处在于她对人性的深刻了解.
《简明英汉词典》
- He has aspirations to fame and greatness.
- 他有建立丰功伟绩名扬四海的愿望.
《简明英汉词典》
- Difficulty is the nurse of greatness.
- 艰难困苦,玉汝于成.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Few writers can ever approach Shakespeare in greatness.
- 很少有作家比得上莎士比亚伟大.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
- 有人生来伟大,有人成就伟大,有人被迫伟大。
柯林斯例句
- As yet we are hardly in the earliest dawn of human greatness.
- 到现在为止,我们还不能说已迎来了人类的最早曙光.
英汉非文学 - 历史
- Her early achievements were prophetic of her future greatness.
- 她早期的成就预示了她日后卓尔不群.
辞典例句
- One is ruined by attempting greatness to which he has no claim.
- 妄自尊大的人必将自取灭亡.
辞典例句
- Few writers even begin to approach Shakespeare's greatness.
- 莎士比亚的伟大,鲜有作家能望其项背.
辞典例句
- His greatness was clothed in anonymity.
- 他的伟大之处是藏而不露.
辞典例句
- Few writers can even approach Shakespeare in greatness.
- 很少作家比得上莎士比亚的伟大.
辞典例句
- I look at the swaying branches and ponder over the greatness of all things.
- 我看着摇曳的树枝,想念万物的伟大.
辞典例句
- Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty.
- 伟大是一种声誉, 攀登上去是陡峭而险峻的.
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