| 单词 | in the large |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the large d. in the large: = Phrases 3a(b); (also) in general, as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > on a large scale in large?1601 largely1617 in the large1813 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail > as a whole one or other?1544 upon the whole matter1612 on the whole1624 in the (whole) complex1661 in the large1943 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. ii. Comm. 34 That which is correct in miniature will be true in the large. 1840 T. Arnold Let. in Life & Corr. (1844) II. ix. 200 Viewed in the large, as they are seen in India. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. xi. 269 He held the letter out to seize it in the large, entire. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Aug. 2/6 In the large, there is something else to be said for this recent destruction of more than one hundred of the enemy's fighter planes. 1968 Times 15 Oct. 16/7 Much of the information needed to produce a uniformly precise map therefore will be missing. However, it is only the picture in the large that will suffer. 2009 Nature 7 May 39/3 As I have said, I take a pretty Tolstoyan view of history in the large. < as lemmas |
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