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单词 large-scale
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Definition of large-scale in English:

large-scale

adjective ˈlɑːdʒskeɪlˈlɑrdʒ ˈˌskeɪl
  • 1Involving large numbers or a large area; extensive.

    large-scale commercial farming
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A number of people were arrested after large-scale disorder broke out at a Bradford nightclub.
    • She was arrested last month after being accused of large-scale tax evasion.
    • God is thus responsible for bringing into being the large-scale structure of the universe.
    • The massive increase in applications has prompted fears nationally that this election could see large-scale fraud.
    • It is not small food production, but large-scale factory farming, that presents a threat to our health.
    • There was no large-scale ethnic conflict resulting in a nation wide blood bath.
    • Such a large-scale expansion would be bound to provoke opposition from countryside groups and local residents.
    • The prospect of a large-scale boycott - or rejection - of the draft cannot be ignored.
    • While the feared large-scale violence didn't happen, the vote was marred by bloodshed and unrest.
    • Due to globalisation, closures and large-scale retrenchments are taking place.
    • But the prospect of large-scale refugee camps has alarmed aid agencies.
    • The need for a large-scale united level of organizing has now emerged.
    • For illustration we can pick on just a few unexplained large-scale properties of the Universe.
    • Three large-scale agricultural schemes, launched by private companies, all failed.
    • You mention that the breaking up of large-scale commercial agriculture is retrograde.
    • And conservationists believe a large-scale cull could be the best way to stop the water vole becoming extinct.
    • It has analyzed bribery by which areas of business are most ridden by large-scale illegal payoffs.
    • China is undertaking a large-scale legal reform ranging from courts and lawyers to every perspective.
    • We have no clue as to any explanation for this large-scale national security situation.
    • According to residents, police then began a provocative large-scale mobilisation in the area.
    Synonyms
    extensive, wide-reaching, wide-ranging, sweeping, broad, far-reaching, wholesale, comprehensive, exhaustive, expansive, mass, nationwide, global, universal
    enlarged, blown-up, magnified
  • 2(of a map or model) made to a scale large enough to show certain features in detail.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is a large-scale map to start the listener off on explorations of their own.
    • The only skills needed are to be able to read a large-scale map and to be able to recognise the common water birds likely to be seen along these rivers.
 
 

Definition of large-scale in US English:

large-scale

adjectiveˈlɑrdʒ ˈˌskeɪlˈlärj ˈˌskāl
  • 1Involving large numbers or a large area; extensive.

    large-scale commercial farming
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A number of people were arrested after large-scale disorder broke out at a Bradford nightclub.
    • There was no large-scale ethnic conflict resulting in a nation wide blood bath.
    • Due to globalisation, closures and large-scale retrenchments are taking place.
    • The need for a large-scale united level of organizing has now emerged.
    • Such a large-scale expansion would be bound to provoke opposition from countryside groups and local residents.
    • For illustration we can pick on just a few unexplained large-scale properties of the Universe.
    • God is thus responsible for bringing into being the large-scale structure of the universe.
    • The massive increase in applications has prompted fears nationally that this election could see large-scale fraud.
    • But the prospect of large-scale refugee camps has alarmed aid agencies.
    • You mention that the breaking up of large-scale commercial agriculture is retrograde.
    • It has analyzed bribery by which areas of business are most ridden by large-scale illegal payoffs.
    • While the feared large-scale violence didn't happen, the vote was marred by bloodshed and unrest.
    • According to residents, police then began a provocative large-scale mobilisation in the area.
    • It is not small food production, but large-scale factory farming, that presents a threat to our health.
    • We have no clue as to any explanation for this large-scale national security situation.
    • The prospect of a large-scale boycott - or rejection - of the draft cannot be ignored.
    • She was arrested last month after being accused of large-scale tax evasion.
    • And conservationists believe a large-scale cull could be the best way to stop the water vole becoming extinct.
    • China is undertaking a large-scale legal reform ranging from courts and lawyers to every perspective.
    • Three large-scale agricultural schemes, launched by private companies, all failed.
    Synonyms
    extensive, wide-reaching, wide-ranging, sweeping, broad, far-reaching, wholesale, comprehensive, exhaustive, expansive, mass, nationwide, global, universal
    enlarged, blown-up, magnified
  • 2(of a map or model) made to a scale large enough to show certain features in detail.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is a large-scale map to start the listener off on explorations of their own.
    • The only skills needed are to be able to read a large-scale map and to be able to recognise the common water birds likely to be seen along these rivers.
 
 
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