| 单词 | large-scale |
| 释义 | large-scale (once / 3413 pages) adj Anything described as large-scale is happening in a big way. A large-scale study of the benefits of dark chocolate would require many people and lots of time. And lots of chocolate. Yum. Scale has to do with size, so anything large-scale is huge. A large-scale ad campaign goes all around the country — and maybe around the world. A large-scale military campaign is one that might attack on multiple fronts. Cartoon villains who want to take over the world commit large-scale crimes. A large-scale commercial farm is gigantic, cranking out tons of food. The opposite of large-scale is small-scale. WORD FAMILYlarge-scale: larger-scale USAGE EXAMPLES“The large-scale trade of ivory now faces its twilight years, and the future is brighter for wild elephants.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Activists say the figures, obtained from the human rights ministry by BBC Urdu, point to large-scale extrajudicial killings. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) Several other large-scale mall fights occurred nationwide Monday. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj unusually large in scope a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed Syn big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent 2adj constructed or drawn to a big scale large-scale maps Syn big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
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