glorious
glorious 英 [ˈglɔ:riəs] 美 [ˈɡlɔriəs,ˈɡlor-]
adj. 光荣的;辉煌的;极好的
- When something is fabulous and wonderful it can be described as glorious, like the glorious sight of the first flowers in your yard after a long, cold winter.
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- adj. 光荣的;辉煌的;极好的
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1. She is always bucking about her glorious past.
她老是吹嘘她的光荣的过去。
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2. I would not normally, I cannot write that "ah, our glorious bridge" kind of things.
我不愿随大流,我是写不出那种“啊,我们光荣的大桥”一类的东西的。
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3. We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.
我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。
- glorious (adj.) late 13c., from Anglo-French glorious, Old French glorieus "glorious, blessed" (12c., Modern French glorieux), from Latin gloriosus "full of glory, famous," from gloria (see glory (n.)). In classical Latin and in English late 14c.-17c. it also could mean "boastful, vainglorious." Related: Gloriously; gloriousness. In Middle English with comparative gloriouser, superlative gloriousest.
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