greater

柯林斯詞典

greater /?gre?t?/

• 1. ADJ Greater is the comparative of . great的比較級

• 2. ADJ Greater is used with the name of a large city to refer to the city together with the surrounding urban and suburban area. 大的; 包括市區(qū)及郊區(qū)的[ADJ n]

  ...Greater Los Angeles. ...大洛杉磯地區(qū)。

• 3. ADJ Greater is used with the name of a country to refer to a larger area which includes that country and other land which used to belong to it, or which some people believe should belong to it. 大的; 包括該國本身的及過去屬地的[ADJ n]

  ...Greater Syria. ...大敘利亞。

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