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grandeur

noun
🔊/ˈɡrændʒə(r)/, 🔊/ˈɡrændjə(r)/
🔊/ˈɡrændʒər/, 🔊/ˈɡrændjər/
[uncountable]
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  1. the quality of being great and impressive in appearance宏伟；壮丽；堂皇 synonym splendour
    • We admired the grandeur and simplicity of the Roman architecture.我们钦佩罗马建筑的宏伟和朴素。
    • The hotel had an air of faded grandeur.这家旅馆给人一种繁华已逝的感觉。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • the majestic grandeur of the Grand Canyon大峡谷的宏伟气势
    • the rugged grandeur of the mountains群山的峥嵘壮观
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • majestic
    • sheer
    • rugged
    • …
    See full entry
  2. the importance or social status somebody has or thinks they have高贵；显赫；伟大
    • He has a sense of grandeur about him.他觉得自己很了不起。🔊🔊
    • She is clearly suffering from delusions of grandeur (= thinks she is more important than she really is).她显然是犯了妄自尊大的毛病。🔊🔊
    3. see also grand
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting tall stature): from French, from grand ‘great, grand’, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’.