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。
Subsequent research has confirmed this result, and suggested it is nothing to do with the larger salaries of those at the top.
后续研究也已经印证了这一结论，并提出这与处于顶层的人巨额的工资收入无关。
But analysts have said the tax would have to be expanded to cover a larger base for it to be an effective source of revenue.
若要让房产税成为一个有效的收入来源，就要进一步扩大征税对象。
If there had been a net force, then indeed it would also go down, if this force were larger than this.
如果没有净力，那就不会下降了，如果那个力大于这个。
But if that were so, then at least some mild effect might be expected to show in the behaviour of those with larger hippocampuses.
但如果真是那样，那些拥有巨大海马体的人或多或少总会有一些轻微的外在表现。
The British Isles are made up of two large islands-Great Britain (the larger one) and I reland, and hundreds of small ones.
不列颠群岛由两个大岛—大不列颠岛（较大的一个）和爱尔兰岛，及成千上万个小岛组成。
If the velocity is the same in both cases can't you see that this horizontal component is way larger than this horizontal component?
如果发射的速度无异，明显这个的水平分量，要远远大于这个？
He follows them to the corner of the building, then sees them accompanied by a larger pair of footprints heading off into the desert.
他跟真它来到了房子的角上，之后看到了它跟着一个大脚印进入了沙漠。
Oh my faith, my untamed knowledge, how shall I fly to your height and see with you man's larger self pencilled upon the sky?
哦，我的信仰，我不能抑制的知识，我怎样飞翔到你的高度，同你在天空之上一起看…？
This is only a small trial order, but, if satisfactory, we shall be able to place larger and regular order with you.
此次仅是一个小批试验性订购，如若效果良好，我将向您安排较大批量的经常性的订单。
The dog had a larger place in our lives than I would have thought possible.
这只狗在我们生活中占据了一块很大的地方，这是我始料未及的。
I was about to put my opinion to the test by inquiring of this gentleman when you interrupted with your own--larger theory, I must confess.
我正要寻问这位绅士来证实我的看法，恰好被你的理论所打断，当然是更大的理论，我必须承认。
Otherwise, it just might have to start building that credibility all over again with a much larger package down the road.
否则，美国也许会在未来的道路上付出更多以便再次重建它的公信力。
One possibility would be to launch the Fed's first move with a larger purchase and scale back the increments after that, he said.
他还表示，联储还有可能提高初始购债规模，然后减少之后逐步购债的规模.（完）
Tummelson throws these games into a growing market and reprints at much larger volumes whenever he has a hit on his hands.
Tummelson当觉得胜券在握时尽最大可能将这些游戏投入发展中市场并且能再版多少就再版多少。
She pondered these possibilities until she tottered into a larger choice: she did not have to write a sonnet.
她思索着这种种可能，最后得出另一个更大的选择：她没必要写十四行诗。
Terra feels most grateful to understand this truth as it eases the pain of her experience in understanding the larger picture.
了解到此真相，Terra感到十分感激，因为它抹去了她在对更大图像的了解中的痛苦。
The larger screen estate makes reading a pleasure, and I can see myself using this one far more than i Books.
较大的屏幕使房地产阅读的乐趣，我可以看到自己使用此一比iBook笔记本得多。
The mind seems to have the ability to transcend itself and merge with a larger presence that feels more real.
意识似乎有能力超越自身与一个感觉更真实、更大的存在融合。
A seafaring life may be full of suffering, but it is also full of a macho romance that lends a larger sense of destiny to it all.
虽然航海生活充满苦楚，但同样也能充满阳刚的传奇，增添了一种强烈的人生终极感。
The company is trying to grow larger by increasing the amount of equipment and the number of people who run it.
这样的公司通常期望通过增加设备和雇佣员工使得公司变得更为强大。
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