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词汇 grandiose
释义 grandiose
adjective
 disapprovinguk /ˈɡræn.di.əʊs/ us /ˈɡræn.di.oʊs/
larger and containing more detail than necessary, or intended to seem important or great: 夸大的,不切实际的;华而不实的
grandiose schemes/designs/ideas for making money不切实际的赚钱计划/方案/想法
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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royal
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the bigger the betteridiom

grandiose | American Dictionary


grandiose
adjective
us/ˈɡræn·diˌoʊs, ˌɡræn·diˈoʊs/
very large or wonderful, or intended to seem great and important:
grandiose buildings
grandiose plans

Examples of grandiose


grandiose
Its grandiose accompaniment, unison melody, strong martial rhythms and the thrust of its dramatic function were sufficient to guarantee such a reception.
This grandiose plan for rural transformation faltered with its first steps.
Moreover, the procedural changes led to an ever-greater focalizing on the innovative activity and discouraged those applicants who presented grandiose but totally unrealistic projects.
However, this reading room could still aspire to that grandiose vision of a compendium of knowledge.
For its part, the government should shed all ego-tripping, grandiose indulgences by channelling the development of its human resources through education.
In their eyes, planning a grandiose reconstruction project with no firm commitment from the government to fund such an undertaking was simply impractical.
Much of the new building was on a grandiose scale.
The content of thought may proceed to grandiose delusion formation, but this does not occur in everyone.
The problem his analysis persistently raises is whether those same state leaders are genuinely committed to implementing their grandiose statements of intent.
This comparatively brief text is given uncharacteristically grandiose treatment, with accompanying treble instruments and both external and internal ritornelli.
This patient's ego narcissistically inflated, his inner sense of self grandiose, he treated others badly, as less than inherently valuable in themselves.
However, as often happens when political discourse is involved, grandiose promises rarely materialize.
In 1950, a very grandiose scheme indeed was proposed.
His exceptionally grandiose scheme spanned a river valley with faculty buildings and set student accommodation in tower blocks to either side.
Ordinary people, however, had little interest in grandiose ideological schemes.
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