Greatness
['greɪtnɪs] or ['gretnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence.
弗恩手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
(n.) Pride; haughtiness.
錄入:玛格利特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Largeness, magnitude, size, bulk, dimensions.[2]. High degree.[3]. Distinction, eminence, elevation, fame, renown.[4]. Dignity, augustness, majesty, sublimity.[5]. Magnanimity, generosity, nobleness, disinterestedness, chivalrous spirit.
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例句/造句/用法:
- This Ph?nician alliance sustained him, and was the essential element in the greatness of his son Solomon. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He stood on the hearth of Aufidius's hall, facing the image of greatness fallen, but greater than ever in that low estate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- And to this day the stone remains, an illegible monument of Mr. Pickwick's greatness, and a lasting trophy to the littleness of his enemies. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Both he and his illusory greatness were the results of the matrimonial statecraft of his grandfather, the Emperor Maximilian I (born 1459, died 1519). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- China, Tibet, and even India, though it has left his doctrine, preserve the tradition of his greatness. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It might be injudicious to gauge the greatness of a man by the number of his callers or his letters; but they are at least an indication of the degree to which he interests the world. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I can understand that you should exult in Robert's greatness and goodness; so do I, in one sense, but in another I feel _so_ miserable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He seems to feel his own worth, and the greatness of his fall. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- His brother's greatness, wealth, freedom, and grandeur, pleased him without any reference to himself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It is let off in sets of chambers now, and in those shrunken fragments of its greatness, lawyers lie like maggots in nuts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But Genoa's greatness has degenerated into an unostentatious commerce in velvets and silver filagree-work. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The reasoning is perilously like that of the gifted lady amateur who expects to achieve greatness by imitating the paint box and palette, oils and canvases of an artist. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But is greatness that? 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He felt the greatness and goodness of his purpose so sincerely: others who heard him plead for it, could not but feel it too. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- So does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
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