grandeur
grandeur 英 [ˈgrændʒə(r)] 美 [ˈɡrændʒɚ, -ˌdʒʊr]
n. 壮丽；庄严；宏伟
名词复数:grandeurs
- Use the noun grandeur to describe something that is splendid or magnificent, such as a lofty idea or an impressive building: “The gilded domes and ornate detail added to the grandeur of the church on Red Square.”
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- n. 壮丽；庄严；宏伟
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1. These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.
这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
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2. He seems the only one to really understand the Parisian mentality, the importance of architecture and politics, grandeur and charm, poetry and citizenship.
他似乎是唯一一个真正了解巴黎精神、结构和政治重要性、城市庄严与魅力、诗情画意和公民权的人。
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3. The most visited city in the world, here is a capital whose great talent has been to interweave the grandeur of its official buildings with the everyday charm of its many quartiers.
世界上访问者最多的城市，就是这里，拥有庞大人才资本的首都，这城市中庄严肃穆的官方建筑与许多城区的日常魅力始终融合在一起。
- grandeur (n.) c. 1500, "loftiness, height," from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandor "size, height, extent, magnitude; greatness" (12c.), from grand "great" (see grand (adj.)). "Being a word of late adoption, it retains the Fr. form -eur of the suffix." Extended sense of "majesty, stateliness" in English is first recorded 1660s.
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