bigness

英

美

n.  巨大；规模大；声名显赫的大人物

COCA.28055

英英释义

noun

• the property of having a relatively great size
  Synonym:largeness

双语例句

• What makes America's servicemen and women heroes is not just their sense of duty, honor, and country; it's the bigness of their hearts and the breadth of their compassion.
  美国军队男女士兵并不仅仅因为他们的责任感、荣誉感和爱国热情而成为美国的英雄，更由于他们的宽广的心胸和无限的激情。
• They have the biggest of nearly everything including government, motor cars and debts, yet they are afraid of bigness.
  几乎所有最大的东西他们都有：政府，汽车和债务，可他们害怕庞大。
• The British Motor Corporation hired Alec Issigonis to design an economic car, at a time when bigness was all the rage.
  在那个“拜大主义”风行的年代，英国汽车公司雇用伊斯哥尼斯设计一款经济型汽车。
• I placed my palms against the mainmast, which was of a goodish bigness, and waited, every nerve upon the stretch.
  我双手抱住那很粗的主桅杆等着，每根神经都绷得紧紧的。
• The research and application of human embryonic stem cell, have bigness of latent value to maintain and promote the health of mankind, but this can also cause some social and ethical problems.
  人类胚胎干细胞的研究和应用，对维护和促进人类的健康具有巨大的潜在价值，但该项研究和应用也会引发一些社会、伦理问题。
• The idea of seeing the Pacific sounded good, but I was afraid that actually being there would scare me to death-the bigness of it.
  眺望太平洋的念头听起来很棒，但是我害怕有朝一日，我真的到了那里时，浩瀚的太平洋会把我吓得半死。
• I love the way we helped invent and popularize computing and the PC. I love the bigness and boldness of our bets.
  我热爱我们帮助发明并普及运算和PC的方式。我热爱我们伟大而勇敢的赌注。
• The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.
  追求卓越虽比追求硕大较无利润可言，但却令人更心满意足。
• The so-called bigness and smallness, strength and weakness often depend on people's sense and habits.
  所谓大与小，强与弱，很多时候都是依照人们的感官和习惯定论的。
• But if the trend towards growing ever larger is clear, the economics of bigness are far murkier.
  然而，如果说规模不断壮大的趋势已然明了，那么其带来的经济价值则要模糊得多。