形 big，large，strong ，heavy ；副 greatly，fully，not very，not often；名 adult，grown-up，[方]father，[方]one's father's brother；

[例句] 你必须全力以赴，最大限度地去努力。如果你这么做，并且保持乐观，你就会看见乌云背后的幸福线。 You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest. And if you do, if you stay positive, then you have a shot at a silver lining.

[例句] 哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。 Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.

huge，tremendous，enormous，gigantic，greatness ；

[例句] 头顶上，直升机在呼啸，巨大的螺旋桨叶片搅动着空气。 Overhead, the chopper roared and the big blades churned the air.

[例句] 公司凭借早期产品的巨大成功而在市场上遥遥领先。 The company was coasting on the enormous success of its early products.

a large number，a great quantity，generous，magnanimous，a great deal ；

[例句] 他们因吸入大量烟尘被送往医院。 They were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

[例句] 受害者受了重伤，大量失血。 The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.

expansion，amplify，upstep，broaden，enlarge ；

[例句] 11月美国的贸易赤字扩大到75.9亿美元。 The US trade deficit widened to $7.59 billion in November.

[例句] 在过去的17年中，收藏的规模不断扩大。 The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.

amplify，magnify，boost，enlarge，blow up；

[例句] 这种地貌好像可以笼住并放大声音。 This landscape seemed to trap and amplify sounds.

[例句] 放大倍数为实物大小的833,333倍。 The magnification is 833,333 times the original size.

atmosphere，air，breath，heavy breathing，ether ；

[例句] 大气污染程度超出了普遍认可的标准10倍或更多。 The air pollution exceeds most acceptable levels by 10 times or more.

[例句] 跟我们都铎风格的房间比起来，这个房间显得素雅而大气。 The room was light and lofty compared with our Tudor ones.

great，weighty，major，significant，bigness ；

[例句] 我再也无可奉告了，这本是重大的秘密。 I can't say any more, it's meant to be a big secret.

[例句] 他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。 He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities.

continent，mainland，a surname，landmass，main ；

[例句] 我们从欧洲大陆进口数量惊人的奶酪。 We import an incredible amount of cheese from the Continent.

[例句] 很显然，自然灾害也是造成该大陆经济危机的原因之一。 Natural disasters have obvi-ously contributed to the continent's economic crisis.

the masses，the people，the public，the broad masses of the people，commonage ；

[例句] 两名法官和六名大众陪审推事判决怀特终身监禁。 Two judges and six lay assessors sentenced White to life in prison.

[例句] 到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。 The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century.

vast，wide，large-scale，widespread，greatness ；

[例句] 不能激起广大青少年热情的流行音乐就不能称其为流行音乐。 Pop isn't pop without huge teen sensations.

[例句] 管理层和广大工人的不同利益 the sectional interests of managers and workers

名 （高等学校） university，college，The Great Learning（“四书”之一）；

[例句] 他那本带有精美插图的书见证了他对大学的热爱。 His beautifully illustrated book well attested his love of the university.

[例句] 自从他来上大学后，我就对他春心萌动。 I've had the hots for him ever since he came to college.

[生理] cerebrum，brain，cerebra ；

[例句] 神经网络是模拟大脑工作方式的计算机系统。 Neural networks are computer systems which mimic the workings of the brain.

[例句] 子弹已经进入了大脑顶部。 The bullet had entered the top part of the brain.

maximum ；

[例句] 他以极大的勇气承认自己酗酒。 He showed great courage by admitting that he is an alcoholic.

[例句] 他不仅给这一工作带来了不少经验，而且倾注了极大的热情。 He brought to the job not just considerable experience but passionate enthusiasm.

roomy，spacious，lenient，magnanimous，bounty ；

[例句] 他宽大的脸盘上布满了深深的皱纹。 He has a large, generous face with deep lines.

[例句] 这种宽大的轮胎有很深的胎面花纹。 The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.

the Atlantic (Ocean)，Atlantic，atlantic ocean，millpond，the Big Ditch ；

[例句] 从宾馆可以看见大西洋海岸。 The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel.

[例句] 来自大西洋彼岸的游客数量已急剧减少。 Tourist numbers from across the pond have dropped dramatically.

capital [heavy，extensive] repair，turnover job，major [big] repair，heavy repair ；

[例句] 经过大修的刨子被装入木箱运回去。 The much repaired plane was crated for the return journey.

[例句] 校舍亟待大修. The school buildings are in poor state of repair.

self-important，arrogant，conceited，arrogance，arrogancy ；

[例句] 与众不同之处在于他的骄傲自大和满嘴脏话。 The things that stuck out were his cockiness and his four-letter words.

[例句] 潜意识里的嫉妒常表现为这种傲慢自大。 Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.

ocean，silver dollar ；

[例句] 巨轮在大洋中破浪前进. The great ship ploughed across the ocean.

[例句] 巴拿马运河连通两大洋. The Panama Canal joins two oceans.

general idea，broad outline，general，rough，assumably ；

[例句] 他们交往大概有一年了。 They were knocking around together for about a year.

[例句] 他们只是大概知道可用水的总量。 They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.

Canada （北美洲北部国家） ；

[例句] 美国资本家投在加拿大的矿业 、 工业和铁路方面的资本为八亿六千七百二十万美元. American capitalists had invested $ 867,200,000 in Canadian mines, industries, and railroads.

[例句] 同期,加拿大钾肥的股价也上涨了3倍,至每股241美元的高点. The PotashCorp share price also quadrupled a high of $ 241.