grand
adjective /ɡrænd/
/ɡrænd/
(comparative grander, superlative grandest)
Idioms - impressive and large or important
壮丽的；堂皇的；重大的 - It's not a very grand house.
这房子并不是十分富丽堂皇。 - The wedding was a very grand occasion.
婚礼场面非常隆重。 - The book dares to take on grand themes in the grand manner.
这本书敢于以宏大的方式呈现宏大的主题。
- It's not a very grand house.
- Grand[only before noun] used in the names of impressive or very large buildings, etc.
（用于大建筑物等的名称）大 - the Grand Canyon
大峡谷 - We stayed at the Grand Hotel.
我们住在格兰酒店。
- the Grand Canyon
- needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed but intended to achieve impressive results
宏大的；宏伟的；有气派的 - a grand plan/strategy/scheme
宏伟的计划/战略/计划 - The gallery had its grand opening on 18 January.
画廊于1月18日盛大开幕。 - New Yorkers built their city on a grand scale.
纽约人大规模地建造自己的城市。
- a grand plan/strategy/scheme
- used to describe the largest or most important item of its kind
壮丽的；堂皇的；重大的 - The film won the grand prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
这部电影在柏林电影节上获得了大奖。 - Tomorrow is the grand final with just 12 contestants left from the hundreds who entered.
明天是决赛，数百名参赛者中只剩下12名选手。
- The film won the grand prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
- (of people
人 傲慢的；高高在上的 - They're all Lord or Lady somebody or other, but they're not at all grand.
他们都是贵族或淑女，但他们一点也不高贵。 - She put on her grandest air and waltzed into the living room to join the others.
她摆出一副盛气凌人的样子，大摇大摆地走进客厅，加入其他人的行列。
- They're all Lord or Lady somebody or other, but they're not at all grand.
- (dialect or informal) very good or great fun; excellent
极好的；快乐的；美妙的；出色的 - I had a grand day out at the seaside.
我在海边痛痛快快玩了一天。 - Thanks. That'll be grand!
谢谢。那太棒了！ - Fred did a grand job of painting the house.
弗雷德粉刷房子干得很出色。
- I had a grand day out at the seaside.
- Grandused in the titles of people of very high social rank
（对上层社会的人的称呼）大 - the Grand Duchess Elena
大公夫人埃琳娜
see also grandeur - the Grand Duchess Elena
词源Middle English: from Old French grant, grand, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’. The original uses were to denote family relationships and as a title (the Grand, translating Old French le Grand); hence the senses ‘of the highest rank’, ‘of great importance’.
Idioms
a/the grand old age (of…)
- a great age
高龄 - She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.
她终于在 70 岁高龄学会了开车。
- She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.
a/the grand old man (of something)
- a man who is respected in a particular profession that he has been involved in for a long time
元老；资深前辈；老前辈 - James Lovelock, the grand old man of environmental science
詹姆斯 · 洛夫洛克，环境科学的元老
CultureGrand Old Man was a title originally used to refer to William Gladstone, who spent many years in British politics in 19th century and was prime minister four times. - James Lovelock, the grand old man of environmental science