| 单词 | grandiose |
| 释义 | grandiose (once / 4471 pages) adj You've got big plans. Huge plans. Whatever it is, it's going to blow minds and absolutely rock worlds! Well, to some people those plans might sound a bit grandiose, or unnecessarily overblown and even highfalutin. Coming from the Italian word grandioso (meaning "grand" or "noble"), the adjective grandiose is kind of like Italian hand gestures: big, exaggerated, and over the top. And it's that excessiveness that pushes something grand (large, with an air of distinction) into grandiose (large, but trying too hard) territory. WORD FAMILYgrandiose: grandiosely, grandiosity+/grandiosity: grandiosities USAGE EXAMPLESIn my grandiose naïveté, I again turned down the offer of stardom. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) The staging, which involves changing projections that often spread beyond the grandiose theater’s proscenium space helps keep the show eye-filling. Wall Street Journal(Dec 14, 2016) My tastes run more towards the dark and absurd than the epic and grandiose. Salon(Dec 11, 2016) 1adj impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval Syn impressive making a strong or vivid impression 2adj affectedly genteel Syn hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
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