【great音标】 英[greɪt] 美[greɪt]
【单词释义】 great是什么意思：
adj.伟大的，杰出的；优异的，显著的；很多的；重大的
adv.[口语]很好地；令人满意地，成功地，顺利地；得意地
n.大人物们；伟大人物；重要人物，大师；名家
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] greats
[比较级] greater [最高级] greatest
【关联词/派生词】
greatly adv.大大地；非常地，极大地
【great形近词/近似词】
maltreat vt.虐待；粗暴对待
treat v. 对待；招待，款待；治疗 n.款待；招待；乐事；乐趣
entreat v.恳求，请求，乞求
threat n.威胁；恐吓；凶兆
retreat v.撤退，后退；离开 n.撤回；撤退，撤兵；后退，离开
overeat v. 吃得过多；吃撑了
【常用短语】
a great deal of 大量
【近义词解析】
◇ 大的
big (adj. 大的)：普通用词，主要形容面积、体积、范围之大，可与 large 换用，但更为通俗；形容人的时候，既可指身材高大，又可以表示职位、等级和辈分很高。
great (adj. 大的，巨大的)：表示体积、尺寸、程度等大于一般的，相当于 very big。
large (adj. 大的，巨大的；大量的)：普通用词，主要用于形容面积、体积、数量、重量；指人时表示身材高大的。
【单词例句】
◇ Then all at once, it raised its wings and they flapped with much greater strength than before and bore him off vigorously.
忽然间他举起翅膀：翅膀拍起来比以前有力得多，马上就把他托起来飞走了。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ These bacteria and other microorganisms grow inside everyone's mouth, and form a claggy biofilm commonly known as dental plaque. It is made up of around 700 different species of bacteria, the second-greatest diversity in the human body after the gut, as well as a host of fungi and viruses.
这些细菌和其他微生物在每个人的口腔内生长，并形成称为牙菌斑的粘稠生物膜。它由大约700种不同的细菌组成，细菌多样性在人类体内仅次于肠道，还有大量的真菌和病毒。
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome.
因此他就把她们都看了一遍。每朵花都是安静地、端庄地坐在梗子上，正如一个姑娘在没有订婚时那样坐着。可是她们的数目非常多，选择很不容易。
---- The Butterfly
◇ One day the king said to his wife, "If our thirteenth child, which you are soon going to bring into the world, is a girl, then the twelve others shall die, so that her wealth may be great, and so that she alone may inherit the kingdom."
一天，国王对王后说：“你快要生第十三个孩子了。要是这个孩子是个女孩，我就下令杀掉那十二个男孩，好让她得到更多的财产，并且让她继承王位。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ 2. "I have heard about your company's great team and positive corporate culture."
第二种回答：“我了解到贵公司的团队很优秀，公司文化也很积极。”
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ What the frog said did happen, and the queen gave birth to a girl who was so beautiful that the king could not contain himself for joy, and he ordered a great celebration.
过了一段时间，那只青蛙所预言的情况真的实现了，王后真的生下了一个非常漂亮的女儿。国王高兴得时时刻刻爱不释手，决定举行一个大型宴会。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ Unlike a great many other applicants, his application was approved by the Federal Justice Ministry.
不像别的许多申请人，我侄子的申请很快被联邦司法部批准了。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ Consequently, it is not a coincidence for you to meet one of these artists of great reputation in the flesh. They are asked for signatures and given bunches of fragrant flowers plus they are given a great deal of praise by their faithful fans.
这区有家叫埃及之影的咖啡馆已经成为那些有进取精神的抽象艺术家们活动的根据地，所以，亲眼见到一位名声极大的艺术家本人并不是什么巧合的事，他们被忠实的崇拜者索取签名，并被给予成束的芬芳花朵和大量的赞扬。
---- Abstract Art
◇ But there was a great ball in the city, to which Karen was invited. She looked at the old lady, who could not recover, she looked at the red shoes, and she thought there could be no sin in it;
不过这时城里有一个盛大的舞会，珈伦也被请去了。她望了望这位好不了的老太太，又瞧了瞧那双红鞋——她觉得瞧瞧也没有什么害处。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his court, came to the weavers; and the rogues raised their arms, as if in the act of holding something up, saying, "Here are your Majesty's trousers! Here is the scarf! Here is the mantle! The whole suit is as light as a cobweb; one might fancy one has nothing at all on, when dressed in it; that, however, is the great virtue of this delicate cloth."
皇帝带着他的一群最高贵的骑士们亲自到来了。这两个骗子每人举起一只手，好像他们拿着一件什么东西似的。他们说：“请看吧，这是裤子，这是袍子！这是外衣！”等等。“ 这衣服轻柔得像蜘蛛网一样：穿着它的人会觉得好像身上没有什么东西似的——这也正是这衣服的妙处。”