grander
adj. (用於大建築物等的名稱)大( grand的比較級 ); 宏大的; 傲慢的; 快樂的
If you describe a building or a piece of scenery as grand, you mean that its size or appearance is very impressive.
...this grand building in the center of town...
這幢位於市中心的宏偉建築
The scenery of South Island is on a grand scale.
南島風光壯觀秀麗。
Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.
Critics will point to other grand schemes that have gone less well, such as Sheffield's World Student Games disaster...
批評家將會指出其他一些並不成功的大專案,比如謝菲爾德世界大學生運動會這一敗筆。
The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.
歐洲統一貨幣的宏偉構想已經獲得認同。
People who are grand think they are important or socially superior.
He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...
他比威爾士親王還牛氣,甚至更有錢。
The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.
克拉倫斯公爵將會到場,還有你許多牛不可及的朋友亦將出席。
If you describe an activity or experience as grand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.
Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out...
若想找個地兒開心地逛一天,沒有哪家博物館能比得上格林尼治皇家天文臺。
The dinner was a grand success...
晚宴辦得十分成功。
You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much.
He was a grand bloke.
他非常了不起。
A grand total is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation.
It came to a grand total of £20,329.
總計20,329英鎊。
Grand is often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.
They stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.
他們住在布達佩斯大飯店。
A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.
They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
他們打算付你一萬美元作為改編老劇本的報酬。
A grand is the same as a grand piano .
He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales.
他比威爾士親王還牛氣,甚至更有錢。
The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.
克拉倫斯公爵將會到場,還有你許多牛不可及的朋友亦將出席。
Such a whistlestop tour does not remotely qualify me to prognosticate on China's grander questions.
這樣走馬觀花的遊歷,根本不足以讓我就中國那些宏大的問題發表預測。
Never had he seen a grander sight.
他從未見過如此壯麗的景色.
Were you unfairly dismissed from the grander case, or did you deserve it?
是因為不平等待遇還是因為你的能力不夠?