1.壮丽的；堂皇的；重大的impressive and large or important
It's not a very grand house.这房子并不是十分富丽堂皇。
The wedding was a very grand occasion.婚礼场面非常隆重。
2.[obn]（用于大建筑物等的名称）大used in the names of impressive or very large buildings, etc.
the Grand Canyon大峡谷
We stayed at the Grand Hotel.我们住在格兰酒店。
3.宏大的；宏伟的；有气派的needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed but intended to achieve impressive results
a grand design/plan/strategy宏伟的蓝图；宏大的计划；重大的战略
New Yorkers built their city on a grand scale .纽约人大规模地建造自己的城市。
4.傲慢的；高高在上的behaving in a proud way because they are rich or from a high social class
5.(informal)极好的；快乐的；美妙的；出色的very good or enjoyable; excellent
I had a grand day out at the seaside.我在海边痛痛快快玩了一天。
Thanks. That'll be grand!谢谢。那太棒了！
Fred did a grand job of painting the house.弗雷德粉刷房子干得很出色。
6.（对上层社会的人的称呼）大used in the titles of people of very high social rank
the Grand Duchess Elena大公夫人埃琳娜
She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.她终于在 70 岁高龄学会了开车。
She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.她终于在 70 岁高龄学会了开车。
James Lovelock, the grand old man of environmental science詹姆斯 ) 洛夫洛克，环境科学的元老
James Lovelock, the grand old man of environmental science詹姆斯 ) 洛夫洛克，环境科学的元老
1.(informal)1 000 元； 1 000 英镑$1 000; £1 000
It'll cost you five grand!这要花去你 5 000 块钱！
His grander dream had been a marriage with a lady of so glowing a fame for beauty and attachment to her lord.
他宏伟的迷梦是要与一个因其美貌和对男人的顺从而芳名闪烁的女人结婚。
In the grander scheme, though, the game was the latest example of the difference a year could make.
更重要的是，这场比赛也是一个说明一年的时间能有多大的不同的最好的例子。
Now the talk is of a grander design, with the Obama administration hoping to put development aid on a par with defence and diplomacy.
如今此计划对于奥巴马政府而言是一项宏大的工程，他们希望援助事业如同国防、外交事业一样的发展。
On a much grander scale, God's offer to liberate us from the slavery of sin is often met with resistance.
在更高的一个层面上，同样地，上帝要拯救我们脱离罪恶，祂也常遭人反抗。
Such a whistlestop tour does not remotely qualify me to prognosticate on China's grander questions.
这样走马观花的游历，根本不足以让我就中国那些宏大的问题发表预测。
Chevys were to be the volume products, alongside slightly grander Buicks, luxury Cadillacs and the SUVs of GMC.
Chevy将会批量生产，同样命运的还有略为豪华的别克，奢华的凯迪拉克和GMC的SUV。
In 2005, Mussolini's family began debating whether the body should be moved to a grander location in Rome.
2005年，墨索里尼的家庭开始讨论是否要将他的尸骨迁到罗马的一处更为宏伟的地点。
You are like the last two pieces in a grander puzzle and without the two of you present the picture is incomplete.
你们就像巨大拚图中的最后两片，少了你们，图像的呈现便不完整。
Soon, he was working on an even grander scale, with the help of an extraordinary socialite and medical philanthropist, Mary Lasker.
很快地，在杰出的社会名流、医务慈善家玛丽•拉斯科尔的帮助下，他开始大展宏图。
"Of course we can, George, " she cried. But she was prejudiced in Wendy's favour, and he was really the grander character of the two.
“我们当然能，乔治。”达林太太嚷道。她当然是偏袒温迪的，可达林先生是两人中更有能耐的一个。
Unlike past administrations, his chose not to view al Qaeda as a Middle Eastern version of the mafia, if on a grander scale.
与过去的政府不同，布什政府并没有仅仅把基地组织看作是规模更大的中东版黑手党。
So, off he went into the forest, intent upon finding the tracks of a grander animal. A deer?
所以，他走进森林心想找到捕大形动物。
The son of a modest Texas farmer, Peter wanted a bigger, grander life than his father led, and he worked hard to get it.
皮特是德克萨斯州一位不算富有农夫的儿子，他向往有比父亲更好、更显赫的生活，为此他发奋工作。
The place is even grander and bigger than I expected.
这个地方比我预期的还要堂皇，宏伟。
During this engagement, this growing awareness led the client to think of grander strategic objectives.
在这个契约过程中，这种生长的意识使客户开始思考更大的战略目标。
But the food at Davos is usually rather grander than sandwiches.
但达沃斯的食物通常都比三明治来得奢华一些。
More courses are planned, but some hotel managers are urging local tourism officials to think on a grander scale.
一些新的球场正在规划之中，不过有些酒店经营者敦促当地旅游当局要考虑扩大球场的规模。
Be sure to give our best regards to her next time you went to see your grander mother in the hospital.
下次你去医院看望你祖母时，一定要代我们向她问候。
Herod the Great tore down the Temple that Zerubbabel had built and put up a grander one.
大希律王拆除由所罗巴伯所建的圣殿，并建立一个更宏伟的。
The rocket's architecture would thus be similar to the one adopted for the Long March-5 rocket, but at a considerably grander scale.
该火箭的体系结构架构将类似于长征-5号火箭所采用的模式，然而其规模是相当宏大的。
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