1.大的；大规模的；大量的big in size or quantity
a large area/family/house/car/appetite大面积；大家庭；大房子；大汽车；大胃口
a large number of people很多人
very large sums of money几笔巨款
He's a very large child for his age.就其年龄来说，这孩子个头很大。
A large proportion of old people live alone.一大部分老人都是独居。
Women usually do the larger share of the housework.妇女通常承担大部分家务。
Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee.巴西是世界上最大的咖啡生产国。
Who's the rather large(= fat) lady in the hat?那位戴帽子的丰满女士是谁？
2.（服装、食物、日用品等）大型号的used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc.
small, medium, large小号；中号；大号
3.广泛的；众多的wide in range and involving many things
a large and complex issue重大而复杂的问题
Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously.与以前相比，某些药物的使用范围更广了。
If we look at the larger picture of the situation, the differences seem slight.倘若我们对情况看得全面些，这些分歧就显得微不足道了。
the opinion of the public at large普通大众的意见
Her killer is still at large.杀害她的凶手仍然逍遥法外。
the opinion of the public at large普通大众的意见
Her killer is still at large.杀害她的凶手仍然逍遥法外。
By and large, I enjoyed my time at school.总的说来，我在学校的日子很开心。
By and large, I enjoyed my time at school.总的说来，我在学校的日子很开心。
Their success is due in large part to their determination.他们的成功在很大程度上应归功于他们的决心。
Their success is due in large part to their determination.他们的成功在很大程度上应归功于他们的决心。
I hadn't seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life.我有十五年未见过她，却在那里遇见她了，没错，就是她。
I hadn't seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life.我有十五年未见过她，却在那里遇见她了，没错，就是她。
He's a larger than life character.他这个人外表言行很招眼。
He's a larger than life character.他这个人外表言行很招眼。
Why on earth anyone of calibre bothers to go on a large public company board is a bit of a mystery.
有些令人费解的是，有才干的人究竟为什么要加入大型上市公司的董事会。
I smiled back as one of the two women said "Good morning" to us as they were unloading a wheelchair from the side of a large white van.
两位女士正把一架轮椅从一辆白色面包车的一旁卸下来，其中一位向我们说了声“早上好”，我对她报以微笑。
"You can look at it like a couple of very large uranium mines, " he said of the fissile material that would result from the program.
“你可以把它看成好几座大型铀矿（的裂变原料在支持这个方案）。”他说。
"We are looking at large-scale investments in technologies that are ready to take-off, " says Khanna.
“我们正在考虑对已经准备起飞的技术进行大规模的投资，”Khanna说。
When automating the testing of any large Java application, you are bound to run across custom controls.
当自动化测试大型Java应用程序时，您一定会遇到定制控件。
Mounted with large and heavy guns, it was one of the few tanks that didn't have treads, and was designed to overrun any obstacle.
安装了大型重型枪械，这是极少没有踏板的坦克之一，而且可以跨过任何障碍。
The email is believed to have been critical in News International's decision to pay Taylor such a large sum of money.
‘致Neville’被认为是促使新闻集团决定付给Taylor巨额金钱的关键原因。
In large parts of Africa, cancer is only diagnosed in the late stages, pain relief is lacking, and palliative care is in its infancy.
在大部分非洲国家，癌症仅在晚期才能诊断，不能有效减缓患者疼痛，甚至婴幼儿肿瘤患者亦采取姑息性治疗。
The box had an opening big enough for the seal to put his head in, but not large enough for him to enter completely.
水箱有一个足于让海豹伸头进去的开口，但还没有大到足于让它全身通过。
"Was it a large red cow with a brown spot over the right eye? " asked the farmer. "Yes, yes, " the man replied.
“是不是个头很大、右眼上方有一个棕色的点的红色大奶牛？”农夫问。“是的，是的。”男人回答说。
"This hunt for resources is going to consume large bodies of water around the world for at least the next couple of decades, " Mrs.
克林顿夫人在最近的一次采访中说：“至少在未来的几十年里，寻找资源将消耗全世界大量的水域。”
"I'm sorry to tell you this, " he said. "Your son has a large tumor inside his spinal cord. "
“遗憾地告诉你，”他说，“你儿子的脊髓里长了一个大肿瘤。”
By and large, though, the myriad maps of a new global order are turning out to be as ephemeral as the couturiers' spring collections.
不过总体而言，纷繁多样的全球新秩序版图，最终也会如同时装设计师的春季系列一般，只是昙花一现。
After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print.
在我们就座后，我不得不为她念出菜单上的名目，因为她视力不好，只看得清大号印刷字。
Even large, sophisticated firms failed to understand fundamental characteristics of the book business.
甚至老谋深算的大公司也未能理解图书生意的基本特点。
The next option was to encase the leak in a large box with a pointed top, to funnel the oil to the surface for collection.
另一种选择是用带有尖利顶部的大型容器来装纳泄漏的气体，把油气像漏斗般地注入表面收集起来。
White text on a black background is fine as long as the text is large enough and "thick" enough to be seen against the black background.
只要文本足够大，文字足够“粗”在黑色的背景中能够读出，那么白色的文本放到黑色的背景上就是可行的。
OUR THEORY IS NOT the only one that postulates the breakdown of the standard gravitational law at large distances.
我们的理论并不是唯一一个假设标准重力定律在大尺度失效的理论。
Mosquitoes have six legs, a pair of wings, compound eyes, large antennae, and that problematic proboscis with which the females suck blood.
蚊子有六只脚，有一双翅膀，复眼，大型天线，而先天问题，其中以女性，吸血。
Easy crystallization and easy to solidification of the medium and high viscosity should be used in the structure of large rotary spring.
易结晶、易凝固和高粘度的介质，应采用大弹簧旋转式结构。
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