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BNC: 181 COCA: 220

large

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large1 /lɑːdʒ $ lɑːrdʒ/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp larger, superlativesupl largest)
1  BIGbig in size, amount, or number 巨大的；大量的；大的 OPP small
Los Angeles is the second largest city in the US.
洛杉矶是美國的第二大城市。
The T-shirt comes in Small, Medium and Large.
這種T恤有小號、中號和大號。
a large ovenproof pan
一只耐熱的大烤盤
large sums of money
大筆的錢
those who drink large amounts of coffee
咖啡喝得很多的人
A large number of students have signed up for the course.
很多學生報名讀這門課程。
► see thesaurus at big
2. BIGa large person is tall and often fat 身材高大(肥胖)的 OPP small► see thesaurus at fat
3  be at large ESCAPEif a dangerous person or animal is at large, they have escaped from somewhere or have not been caught 〔危險人物或動物〕在逃的，未被捕獲的
The escaped prisoners are still at large.
越獄犯依然在逃。
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be at large• Two of the escaped prisoners are still at large.
4  the population/public/society/world etc at large IN GENERALpeople in general 全部人口/全部民衆/全社會/全世界等
The chemical pollution poses a threat to the population at large.
化學污染對全部人口造成了威脅。
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the population/public/society/world etc at large• Equally important is how a baby communicates back to caregivers and the world at large.• How then did this concept originate, and why has it received such currency among specialists and the public at large?• However, in spite of that, the availability both here and in Britain should be known to the public at large.• I came and looked around and felt this campus is no different than the society at large.• In some societies the boy-preferring habit seems to have spread from elites to the society at large.• The rise of the Internet has taken that idea from offices to the world at large.• They chattered on among themselves, oblivious to the world at large, lovingly cared for in this cozy place.
5  the larger issues/question/problem/picture ALL/EVERYTHINGmore general facts, situations, or questions related to something 更大的問題/更廣泛的局勢
The book helps to explain the larger picture in the Middle East.
這本書有助於解釋中東地區更廣泛的局勢。
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the larger issues/question/problem/picture• But the larger picture is systematically distorted by the military and political calculations concerning the strategic uses of information and disinformation.• Too much, and the larger picture might become apparent.• It has come to have a bearing on the larger questions of civilized survival.• That ignorance is at the root of geophysicists' struggle with the larger problem of how the whole earth works.• You failed to connect the various elements together or to move through the detail to the larger issues of the painting.• Here we are concerned with the larger problem of the relationship between men as a class and other animals as a class.• She was blind to the larger picture that involves building and maintaining good relationships with both fellow-workers and superiors.• Mission-driven budgets relieve legislators of micromanagement decisions, freeing them to focus on the larger problems they were elected to solve.
6  in large part/measure formalMOST mostly 大部分，基本上
Their success was due in large part to their ability to speak Spanish.
他們的成功主要歸功於他們會說西班牙語。
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in large part/measure• Realism is now out of fashion, in large part as a consequence of those silly semantic claims.• This continuity can be explained in large part by the nature of the superstructure.• My conception of postmodernist de-differentiation via an aesthetics of desire was also in large part dependent on Lyotard's work.• As it turns out, the fears that govern such organizations derive in large part from invalid or negative core beliefs.• Alvin had always made it plain that his company existed in large part to provide work for black dancers.• This is due in large part to the national officers and to yourselves and your colleagues.• Whether the high jumper can requalify against stiff competition depends in large part upon the other big change: her takeoff.
7  (as) large as life British EnglishBrE spokenTHERE used when someone has appeared or is present in a place where you did not expect to see them 確確實實(就在眼前)〔用於表示沒有料到某人的出現〕
I turned a corner and there was Joe, as large as life.
我轉過彎，喬居然就在我的眼前。
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(as) large as life• I looked up - he was standing nearby, large as life.• Oh, Lee, you're as large as life.• As large as life and death, both funny and sad - and not a little dangerous.• There were the words, as large as life and often twice as sane.• He had been standing large as life beside Lady Usk, and it was plain that he knew her identity.
8. larger than life INTERESTINGsomeone who is larger than life is very amusing or exciting in an attractive way 引人注目的，與衆不同的
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larger than life• Floyd Elgin Dominy, larger than life.• He was for me larger than life.• Pitt, as always, is larger than life.• Nothing else in existence whatsoever, but there, all alone and larger than life, a huge carrot.• Shrimpton was in the mid-forties, overweight, and slightly larger than life, a sociable type.• Worrying about your problems, which seem larger than life at that time of night, is hard to resist.• He was an ebullient, larger than life denial of all that was Right: he chain-smoked and drank too much.• She was like a larger than life fantasy that had just come true.• Graham was one of the larger-than-life legends of the rock era.
9  by and large used when talking generally about someone or something 大體上，總體上
Charities, by and large, do not pay tax.
慈善機構一般來說無需繳稅。
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by and large• Society seems bitter turmoil, by and large.• You know, opposites of each other by and large.• The reproducible arts of photography and printmaking still remain, by and large, categorised as lesser arts.• Also, he worked, by and large, in second-rank bands.• Hodgkin, by and large, just looks as if he's strayed in here and is making lots of noise.• But the truth was that, by and large, the research university focuses its collective intelligence on other matters.• And by and large, they do a fine job.• But as valuable as animals are, they have a serious drawback: by and large, they hate alcohol.
→ loom large at loom1(3), → writ large at writ2
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large• What size shirt do you wear? Medium or Large?• large agricultural corporations• The hotel was quite large and very cold.• The farm buildings are spread over a large area.• Now the stranger was standing on the quayside, watching several straining seamen carry a large, brass-bound chest down the gangplank.• On the other side of the fence there was a large bull.• Then they can not have what the larger community regards as the necessary minimum for decency ...• Leclerc preferred a diplomatic solution to a larger conflict.• Take the larger cushion to sit on -- you'll be more comfortable.• So the farm is well set with its 1000 acres of arable and large dairy herd.• Some of the huts are large enough to serve as dormitories, but most are about the size of a Navajo hogan.• He lived alone on the edge of a large forest.• Broken Hill has a large new platinum mine there.• Large numbers of seabirds have been killed by pollution following the oil spillage.• Philip found himself in a large playground surrounded by high brick walls.• Between five and 15 consultants chosen from a large pool of employees are typically called upon to review any given idea memorandum.• A large population of homeless people live in the park.• A large proportion of the audience consisted of teenaged girls.• She's used to working with large sums of money.• Hughes's activity started in 1975 when he bought three large Texas ranches totaling seven thousand acres.• I bought the largest TV I could find.• The largest urban areas in Britain lost population and employment in the 1950s and 60s.• Aunt Betsy was a very large woman.
large amounts• There are grazing species which feed mainly on food animal organisms but ingest large amounts of algae in the process.• The very weakest meteors also contain large amounts of carbon, far more than we see in even the most carbon-rich meteorites.• And some relatively youthful households may have large amounts of financial liabilities.• Because the silica in andesite makes it thick and pasty, andesite tends to trap large amounts of gas.• The diagram demonstrates that large amounts of methane are formed in the anthracite stage.• To stop this happening, you have to retrain your bladder to hold larger amounts of urine.• Cocaine production requires large amounts of water, hence factories are nearly always built by streams.
large2 verb
large it (up) British EnglishBrE informal to enjoy yourself, especially in a way that involves drinking alcohol, dancing etc 狂歡
Here’s a picture of us larging it up in Brighton last summer.
這是我們去年夏天在布賴頓狂歡時拍的照片。
Origin large
(1100-1200) Old French Latin largus
large1 adjectiveadjlarge2 verb
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large

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be大▸➤appear, feel, look, seem顯得大；感覺大；看起來大；似乎大◇Some of the clothes looked very large.有些衣服看起來很大。➤become, get, grow變大；增大◇By this time his debt had become extremely large.此時他已債台高築。◇The plant had grown quite large.這棵植物已經長得非常高大了。➤remain依然大➤loom赫然聳現◇The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide.這個問題在全國的政治活動中顯得很突出。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常巨大◇Isn't that sweater rather large?那件毛衫不是很大嗎？➤especially, exceedingly, exceptionally, incredibly, particularly尤其大；過大；格外大；大得離譜；特別大▸➤comparatively, moderately, reasonably, relatively比較大；相當大；有些大；相對大▸➤enough, sufficiently足夠大◇Are you sure the hall will be large enough?你確定那個廳夠大嗎？➤correspondingly, equally, similarly一樣大；同樣大；差不多大◇a huge chair behind an equally large desk一把巨大的椅子在一張同等大小的辦公桌後面➤increasingly越來越大◇the increasingly large numbers of senior citizens越來越大的老年人人數➤infinitely無限大◇The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是無限大的。➤abnormally, disproportionately, impossibly, overly, ridiculously, surprisingly, unexpectedly, unusually異常大；大得比例失調；不可思議地大；過分大；大得荒唐；大得驚人；大得出人意料；不同尋常地大◇His eyes were abnormally large.他的眼睛異常大。◇Our house was not overly large.我們的房子不算過大。
BNC: 181 COCA: 220
large adj.
⇨ large (a large number/family) ⇨ at large ⇨ free adj. 1 large

adjective

  ➡ See also the entries for huge and maximum 另見huge條和maximum條large ♦︎ big ♦︎ great ♦︎ substantial ♦︎ considerable ♦︎ extensive ♦︎ hefty ♦︎ sizeable ♦︎ bumper ♦︎ handsomeThese words all describe things that are much more than average in size, degree or amount. 這些詞均表示尺寸大的、程度深的或數量多的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a large / a big / a great / a substantial / a considerable / an extensive / a sizeable / a handsome amount◆a large / big / great / substantial / considerable / hefty / sizeable / handsome sum / profit◆a large / a big / a great / a substantial / a considerable / an extensive / a sizeable area◆a large / big / great / substantial / considerable / sizeable / handsome majority◆a large / big / great / substantial / considerable / hefty / sizeable increase◆a large / a big / a great / a substantial / a considerable / an extensive / a bumper / a handsome collection◆a large / big / great / substantial / sizeable crowd / army◆a large / big / substantial meal / breakfast◆a large / big / bumper crop / harvest◆a large / great / substantial / considerable size◆a big / a great / a substantial / a considerable / an extensive change / improvement / gain / loss / influence◆very large / big / great / substantial / considerable / extensive / hefty / sizeable◆really large / big / substantial / extensive / hefty◆quite / fairly large / big / substantial / considerable / extensive / hefty / sizeable◆rather large / big / substantial / extensive / hefty■ large more than average in size, degree or amount 大的；巨大的；超過一般的◆Some of the clothes looked very large.這些衣服有的看起來很大。◆I grew up in a large family.我成長於一個大家庭。◆There were some very large sums of money involved.其中涉及幾筆巨款。◆Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee.巴西是世界上最大的咖啡生産國。◆Who is the rather large (= fat) lady in the hat?那位體態頗豐滿的戴帽子女士是誰？ⓘ Large ( abbreviation L) is also used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc. * large（縮略式爲L）還可指服裝、食品、家居用品等的規格型號中的大號◆Would you like small, medium or large?你要小號、中號，還是大號的？ OPP small , little ⇨ small ■ big large in size, degree or amount 大的；巨大的◆This house is too big for us now.這所房子現在對我們來說太大了。◆This shirt isn't big enough.這件襯衣不夠大。◆He was a big man－tall and broad-shouldered.他個頭高，肩膀寬，是個人高馬大的男子。◆There's been a big increase in prices.價格已大幅度增長。◆It's the world's biggest computer company.它是全球最大的計算機公司。◆ (informal) He had this great big grin on his face.他的臉上樂開了花。◆They were earning big money.他們在賺大錢。 OPP little , small ⇨ small ■ great [usually before noun] much larger or more than average in size, amount or degree 巨大的；衆多的；非常的◆A great crowd had gathered.一大群人聚集在了一起。◆He must have fallen from a great height.他肯定是從很高的地方摔下來的。◆She lived to a great age.她活了很大歲數。◆The concert had been a great success.這次音樂會非常成功。◆Her death was a great shock to us all.她的死使我們所有人都感到非常震驚。◆It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today.今天能在這裏歡迎您是我極大的榮幸。◆Take great care of it.對此要多加小心。◆You've been a great help.你幫了大忙。ⓘ In informal English great can be used to emphasize another adjective of size or amount. 在非正式英語中，great可用於強調另一個表示體積或數量的形容詞◆There was a great big pile of books on the table.桌子上有很大一摞書。 NOTE 辨析 Large, big or great?These adjectives are frequently used with the following nouns. 這些形容詞常與下列名詞連用◆a big man / house / car / boy / dog / smile / problem / surprise / question / difference高大的男子；大房子；大汽車；大男孩；大狗；燦爛的笑容；重大問題；非常意外；大難題；顯著差别◆(a) large numbers / part / area / room / company / eyes / family / volume / population / problem許多；大部分；大面積；大房間；大公司；大眼睛；大家庭；大容量；衆多人口；重大問題◆(a) great success / majority / interest / importance / difficulty / problem / pleasure / beauty / surprise巨大成功；絕大多數；濃厚興趣；非常重要；十分困難；重大問題；極大樂趣；大美人；非常意外 Large is more formal than big and should normally be used in writing unless the writing is in an informal style. It is not usually used to describe people, except to avoid saying 'fat'. Great often suggests quality and not just size; however, it does not usually describe the physical size of objects or people. * large比big正式，通常用於書面語，但非正式語體除外。該詞通常不用來修飾人，除非是爲了避免使用fat（肥胖）一詞。great不僅指體積大，還常含不同凡響之義，但通常不指物體或人的實際形態大小◆a great house/boy/dog A great man means a good, wise man that you admire, not a tall or large man. Note also the phrases * great man指偉人，而非個子高或塊頭大的人。此外，還應注意下列短語的用法◆a large amount of sth大量某物◆a large number of sth許多某物◆a large quantity of sth大量某物◆a great deal of sth大量某物◆in great detail非常詳細◆a person of great age高齡長者 ■ substantial səbˈstænʃl (rather formal) large in amount, size or importance 大量的；巨大的；重大的◆There were substantial sums of money involved.其中涉及多筆大額款項。◆We were able to see a substantial improvement.我們能看到重大的改進。◆He ate a substantial breakfast.他吃了頓豐盛的早餐。◆Their share of the software market is substantial.他們在軟件市場上所佔的份額巨大。■ considerable (rather formal) large in amount, degree or importance 相當多的；相當嚴重的；相當重要的◆The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.那項工程耗費了相當多的時間和資金。◆Damage to the building was considerable.對這座建築物的破壞相當嚴重。◆Considerable progress has been made in finding a cure for the disease.在尋找這種疾病的療法上取得了重大進展。◆Caring for elderly relatives requires considerable moral courage.照顧年長的親屬需要相當的道德勇氣。NOTE 辨析 Substantial or considerable? Considerable is not used to talk about solid things such as meals or buildings. Substantial is not used to talk about emotions or personal qualities, such as anger, concern, courage or efficiency. * considerable不用來修飾固體的東西，如飯食或建築物；substantial不用來修飾情感或個人特質，如怒氣、關切、勇氣或效率等。■ extensive covering a large area; great in amount 廣闊的；廣大的；大量的◆The house has extensive grounds.這棟房子有寬敞的庭院。◆The fire caused extensive damage.火災造成了巨大的損失。◆Extensive repair work is being carried out.大規模的修繕工程正在進行。◆They have an extensive range of wines.他們有各種各樣的葡萄酒。■ hefty (of an amount of money) large or larger than usual or expected （款額）很大的，超出一般的，可觀的◆They sold it easily and made a hefty profit.他們毫不費力地賣掉了它，得到一筆可觀的利潤。◆Interest rates have gone up to a hefty 12%.利率已上升至12%之高。■ sizeable ( sizable) ˈsaɪzəbl (rather formal) fairly large 相當大的◆The town has a sizeable Sikh population.城裏有爲數衆多的錫克教教徒。◆Income from tourism accounts for a sizeable proportion of the area's total income.旅遊業收入在這個地區的總收入中佔了很大比重。■ bumper [only before noun] (approving) unusually large; producing an unusually large amount 異常大的；（産出）豐盛的◆Don't miss next month's bumper Christmas issue (= of a magazine, etc.).不要錯過本刊下個月的聖誕節特刊。◆Farmers have been celebrating bumper crops this year.農民已在慶祝今年的大豐收。■ handsome ˈhænsəm [only before noun] (approving) (of an amount of sth, especially money) large （尤指錢）數額大的◆They sold the house two years later at a handsome profit.兩年後他們賣了那所房子，獲得一大筆利潤。◆I enjoyed the job, and was paid a handsome salary too.我喜歡那份工作，而且薪水也很高。▸ handsomely

adverb

◆to be paid / rewarded handsomely得到可觀的工資／報酬
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large
Large in size: large, big, high...
Clothing sizes: L, large, medium...
Words used to describe large amounts and quantities: substantial, considerable, extensive...
Words used to describe businesses and companies: accredited, agile, all-night...

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