The Great

Frederick the Great was the patron of many artists .

腓特烈大帝是许多艺术家的赞助人。

Catherine the Great was a patron of the arts and sciences .

叶卡捷琳娜大帝赞助过各种艺术创作和科学研究。

The great thing is to get it done quickly .

重要的是尽快将它完成。

Death is one of the great taboos in our culture .

在我们的文化中，“死亡”是一大忌。

The great majority of people seem to agree with this view .

大多数人似乎都同意这种观点。

He was once the great white hope of British boxing .

他一度曾是英国拳击的希望所在。

As the great day approached , she grew more and more nervous .

随着这重大日子的临近她心情越来越紧张。

Come to Canada and enjoy the great outdoors .

到加拿大来享受蓝天碧野吧！

The great bulk of the building reared up against the night sky .

夜幕下，巨大的高楼显得阴森森的。

' Swan Lake ' is one of the great classical ballets .

《天鹅湖》是一部伟大的古典芭蕾舞剧。

The great beeches towered up towards the sky .

一棵棵山毛榉高耸入云。

The Great War started in August of that year

第一次世界大战于那年8月爆发。

In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state

1920年，列强承诺让他们成为一个独立的国家。

When the great day dawned , the first concern was the weather

当那个不同寻常的日子到来时，大家首先关注的是天气。

The great grey shape of a tank rolled out of the village

一个坦克的巨大灰影从村子里开了出来。

The great house stood on rising ground .

这座大房子建在一个斜坡上。

There are certain ethical principles that are basic to all the great religions .

某些道德原则在所有主要宗教中都是必不可少的。

Many predict 1991 will rival the great vintage of 1965

许多人预测1991年酿制的葡萄酒可以与1965年生产的佳酿相媲美。

The great majority of players would , of course , sign the contract without hesitation

绝大多数球员当然会毫不犹豫地签合同。

Life in the great outdoors isn 't supposed to be luxurious .

美好的户外活动不必很奢侈。

Her list of pupils read like a roll-call of the great and good .

她的学生名单看起来像一本大人物名册。

There rose before us the great pyramid of Gaza

雄伟的加沙金字塔矗立在我们面前。

The great hall was overflowing with people

大礼堂里挤满了人。

The great concourse of people seemed to have been similarly impressed .

这一大群人似乎也留下了同样深刻的印象。

The great house loomed up ahead of them .

大屋赫然耸现在他们面前。

The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice .

旧时一些有名的巫师经常以祭品祈求他们所供奉神灵的助佑。

More than 900 years of British history went up in smoke in the Great Fire of Windsor .

900多年的英国历史在温莎城堡的一场大火中灰飞烟灭。

When the great man arrived , the club 's manager personally escorted him upstairs

那位要人到达时，俱乐部经理亲自陪他上楼。

Lenin was the great orator of the Russian Revolution .

列宁是俄国革命时期伟大的演说家。

The great advantage of home-grown oranges is their magnificent flavour

家产柑橘的一大好处是口感极佳。