| 词汇 | example_english_grand-scale |
| 释义 | grand scalecollocation in Englishmeanings of grandand scaleThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with scale. grand adjective uk /ɡrænd/ us /ɡrænd/ important and large ... See more at grand scale noun uk /skeɪl/ us /skeɪl/ a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ... See more at scale Examples of grand scaleThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Many works of economic literature at the time were so produced, and this could take place on a grandscale. Maybe, you will say, narratives are outmoded and unrealistic at the grandscale. There is a whole number of themes on the grandscale, heroic and epic, which music can provide. Performances on a grandscale were arranged for the envoys. On the grandscale of things, after all, this is a relatively mild intervention. At the grandscale, they merge with the massing of the composition. It was economic development on a grandscale. Even the reception of foreign envoys, however, was the occasion for processions and feasting on a grandscale. This is an extremely ambitious project on a grandscale. The rank which a people occupy in the grandscale may be measured by their way of taking their meals, as well as by their way of treating their women. They are not necessarily tied to short-term analysis, but are taking the perspectives of the grand scale of human history over a period of millions of years. Kongo traditions of the past (kinkulu) tell two kinds of story, one on a grandscale and the other more modest. Several of the much-reported palaces are in fact government administrative buildings built on rather a grandscale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about systematically defrauding the system on a grandscale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many years on, our complacency has resulted in a problem on a grandscale, which has to be tackled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is complacency on a grandscale, and it is resented by the utility companies, who find it unbelievably frustrating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mere fact that there has been a financial catastrophe on a grandscale does not necessarily show that there has been dishonesty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of grand Go to the definition of scale See other collocations with scale |
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