•an enormous great hole巨大的洞

•A great crowd had gathered outside the President's palace.一大群人聚集在总统官邸外面。

•The improvement in water standards over the last 50 years has been very great.过去50年，水质有了很大的提高。

•A great many people would agree.很多人会表示赞同。

•formal It gives us great pleasure to announce the engagement of our daughter Maria.我们非常高兴地宣布我们的女儿玛利亚订婚了。

•formal It is with great sorrow that I inform you of the death of our director.我万分悲痛地通知您我们院长逝世的消息。

•I have great sympathy for you.我对你深表同情。

•I spent a great deal of time there.我在那里渡过了很长时间。

•a Great Dane (= large type of dog)大丹尼犬

•Catherine the Great凯瑟琳大帝（指叶卡捷琳娜二世）

•the Great Wall of China中国万里长城

•the Great Bear (= group of stars)大熊星座

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•a great politician/leader/artist/man/woman伟大的政治家／领导人／艺术家／人／女性

•This is one of Rembrandt's greatest paintings.这是伦勃朗最杰出的油画作品之一。

•Who do you think is the greatest modern novelist?你认为谁是最伟大的现代小说家？

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•great success/difficulty巨大的胜利／极度困难

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•a great idea好主意

•We had a great time last night at the party.昨晚聚会上我们玩得非常开心。

•"I'll lend you the car if you like." "Great! Thanks a lot!"“要是你想驾驶的话，我可以把车借给你。”“那太好了！多谢！”

•"What's your new teacher like?" "Oh, he's great."“你的新老师怎样？”“噢，他非常好。”

•"How are you feeling now?" "Great."“现在你的感觉怎样？”“太好了。”

•Oh great ! That's all I need - more bills!嘿，真绝！该遇上的全遇上了——又来帐单了！

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•He's a great one for getting other people to do his work for him, old Peter!彼得这老家伙，总是差遣人替他工作！

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•For the first 400 metres he was going great guns, but then he fell and that lost him the race.前400米他跑得很顺利，但后来摔了一跤，导致他输掉了比赛。

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•I'm afraid I am no great shakes as a cook/ at cooking !恐怕我对烹饪不太在行！

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•a great big spider巨型蜘蛛

•a great long queue排得特别长的队

•You great idiot!你这个大傻瓜！

•Pat's a great friend of mine.派特是我的好朋友。

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•former tennis great Arthur Ashe前网坛名将亚瑟‧阿什

•Woody Allen, one of the all-time greats of the cinema伍迪‧艾伦，有史以来最伟大的电影巨擘之一

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•The great and the good are calling on the Government to support the arts.要人们呼吁政府支持艺术发展。