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单词 grandeur
释义
grandeurgran‧deur /ˈɡrændʒə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgrandeur
Origin:
1500-1600 French grand; GRAND1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And a place of grandeur, such as a four-block street with cathedrals at either end.
  • Delusions of grandeur, of course.
  • It is foreign domesticity and local grandeur.
  • Ortiz is capable of investing the simplest melody with qualities of grandeur.
  • The classical progression is then to delusions of grandeur with absurd claims of past and present achievements.
  • There are admirers of rugged grandeur who are content merely to survey the scene from easy points of vantage.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • At first sight it would appear that the world of hip-hop is suffering from delusions of grandeur.
  • But these were delusions of grandeur.
  • Even if social analysis is something which everyone does, those who engage in it professionally are still tempted by delusions of grandeur.
  • In the acute excitement stages, when delusions of grandeur, loquacity and hyperactivity prevail, the patients require physical restraint.
  • Maybe I had delusions of grandeur.
  • No, the 42-year-old composer does not suffer from delusions of grandeur.
  • Once again, he was suffering from delusions of grandeur.
  • The classical progression is then to delusions of grandeur with absurd claims of past and present achievements.
impressive beauty, power, or size:  the grandeur of the mountains delusions of grandeur at delusion(2)
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