larger
adj. 大的,多量的; 大的( large的比较级 ); 大规模的; 众多的; (服装、食物、日用品等)大型号的
A large thing or person is greater in size than usual or average.
The Pike lives mainly in large rivers and lakes...
狗鱼主要生活在大江大湖中。
In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet...
在最大那间房里,地毯上坐了约12个小孩和7个大人。
A large amount or number of people or things is more than the average amount or number.
The gang finally fled with a large amount of cash and jewellery...
该团伙最后携大量现金和珠宝逃之夭夭。
There are a large number of centres where you can take full-time courses...
有很多中心提供全日制课程。
A large organization or business does a lot of work or commercial activity and employs a lot of people.
...a large company in Chicago...
芝加哥一家大公司
Many large organizations run courses for their employees.
许多大企业为旗下员工开办课程。
Large is used to indicate that a problem or issue which is being discussed is very important or serious.
...the already large problem of under-age drinking...
已经很严重的未成年人饮酒问题
There's a very large question about the viability of the newspaper.
报纸能否办下去是一个重大问题。
You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
I think the chances of getting reforms accepted by the community at large remain extremely remote...
我看要使改革方案得到社会的广泛认可,机会还很渺茫。
Amongst the population at large the support for the present regime is virtually zero.
在一般大众中,支持现政权的人数几乎是零。
If you say that a dangerous person, thing, or animal is at large, you mean that they have not been captured or made safe.
The man who tried to have her killed is still at large.
那个企图雇凶杀她的男子仍然在逃。
You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
By and large, the papers greet the government's new policy document with a certain amount of scepticism.
总体上,报界对政府的新政策文件将信将疑。
1. large or big relative to something else
Leather jeans that are too big will make you look larger.
过于肥大的皮裤会让你看起来块头更大。
The snails are no larger than one centimetre across.
这些蜗牛体宽不超过1厘米。
The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.
殖民地正要求获得更大程度上的自治。
Bedrooms have again been created by partitioning a single larger room.
通过将一间大屋用隔断断开的方法再隔出了几间卧室。
The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services.
较大的公司能够提供一系列更好的服务。