grandeur
noun /ˈɡrændʒə(r)/, /ˈɡrændjə(r)/
/ˈɡrændʒər/, /ˈɡrændjər/
[uncountable]- the quality of being great and impressive in appearance
宏伟；壮丽；堂皇 - We admired the grandeur and simplicity of the Roman architecture.
我们钦佩罗马建筑的宏伟和简朴。 - The hotel had an air of faded grandeur.
这家旅馆给人一种繁华已逝的感觉。
- the majestic grandeur of the Grand Canyon
大峡谷的宏伟气势 - the rugged grandeur of the mountains
群山的峥嵘壮观
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- majestic
- sheer
- rugged
- …
- We admired the grandeur and simplicity of the Roman architecture.
- the importance or social status somebody has or thinks they have
高贵；显赫；伟大 - He has a sense of grandeur about him.
他觉得自己很了不起。 - She is clearly suffering from delusions of grandeur (= thinks she is more important than she really is).
她显然是犯了妄自尊大的毛病。
see also grand - He has a sense of grandeur about him.
词源late 16th cent. (denoting tall stature): from French, from grand ‘great, grand’, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’.