greatness

英 ['greɪtnɪs] 美['gretnɪs]
  • n. 伟大;巨大

高频词

英英释义


1. the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance
2. unusual largeness in size or extent

考试真题


We often hear people say that America is a land of opportunity, a country built on hope to aspire to greatness on the American Dream.

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Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann at a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness.

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Over time, the attributes of greatness shifted.

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Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top.

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实用场景例句


He may not always achieve greatness but at least he's a trier.
他也许并非总能成就大事,但至少他竭尽所能。

柯林斯例句

Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness.
亚伯拉罕·林肯成就卓越。

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Her greatness lies in her deep understanding of human nature.
她的伟大之处在于她对人性的深刻了解.

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He has aspirations to fame and greatness.
他有建立丰功伟绩名扬四海的愿望.

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Difficulty is the nurse of greatness.
艰难困苦,玉汝于成.

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Few writers can ever approach Shakespeare in greatness.
很少有作家比得上莎士比亚伟大.

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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
有人生来伟大,有人成就伟大,有人被迫伟大。

柯林斯例句

As yet we are hardly in the earliest dawn of human greatness.
到现在为止,我们还不能说已迎来了人类的最早曙光.

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Her early achievements were prophetic of her future greatness.
她早期的成就预示了她日后卓尔不群.

辞典例句

One is ruined by attempting greatness to which he has no claim.
妄自尊大的人必将自取灭亡.

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Few writers even begin to approach Shakespeare's greatness.
莎士比亚的伟大,鲜有作家能望其项背.

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His greatness was clothed in anonymity.
他的伟大之处是藏而不露.

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Few writers can even approach Shakespeare in greatness.
很少作家比得上莎士比亚的伟大.

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I look at the swaying branches and ponder over the greatness of all things.
我看着摇曳的树枝,想念万物的伟大.

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Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty.
伟大是一种声誉, 攀登上去是陡峭而险峻的.

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双语例句


1. A nation must take certain risks to achieve greatness.
一个国家想取得巨大的成就必定要冒一定的风险。

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2. He may not always achieve greatness but at least he's a trier.
他也许并非总能成就大事,但至少他竭尽所能。

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3. Abraham Lincoln achieved greatness.
亚伯拉罕·林肯成就卓越。

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4. A man's deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness.
行动是一个人伟大或者渺小的试金石.

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5. This book tells you nothing about the true greatness of his paintings.
这本书完全没有论及他画作的真正伟大之处.

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英文词源


greatness (n.)
late Old English gretnys "thickness, coarseness, stoutness;" see great + -ness. Meaning "eminence" is early 14c.

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