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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gran·di·ose /ˈɡrændiəʊs $ -oʊs/ adjective  IMPRESSgrandiose plans sound very important or impressive, but are not practical 〔计划〕浮夸的,不切实际的grandiose scheme/plan/idea etc grandiose schemes of urban renewal 华而不实的市区重建计划
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grandioseIn the autumn twilight the great building appeared simultaneously shoddy and grandiose.Statements of positive expectations need not be grandiose.On the one hand they are rebuilding in Berlin the grandiose capital of a restored nation state.As the Wesleyan Methodists became increasingly respectable they too built grandiose chapels in the suburbs.Of course grandiose ideas of this sort can never be said to be entirely new.Their proposals are simple, grandiose in scope and traverse party lines.It's just another of Wheeler's grandiose schemes.The more grandiose their mad ark visions got, the more interested in the whole idea they all became.grandiose scheme/plan/idea etcIn such a context Mr Bush's grandiose schemes are not only unwelcome; they are an irrelevance.Most importantly, it should be cheaper than some grandiose schemes being floated to bring back the age of sail.Today the Government has grandiose plans for a new futuristic city centre.Once Louis's advisers were involved these grandiose plans gave way to more realistic ones.Of course grandiose ideas of this sort can never be said to be entirely new.
Origin grandiose (1800-1900) French Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis; → GRAND1
gran·di·ose adjectiveChineseSyllable
very but sound are or impressive, important plans grandiose Corpus


grandiose
grandiose /ˈɡrændiəʊs $ -oʊs/ adjective
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis; grand1
grandiose plans sound very important or impressive, but are not practical
    grandiose scheme/plan/idea etc
    grandiose schemes of urban renewal


gran·di·oseBrE /ˈɡrændiəʊs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡrændioʊs/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) seeming very impressive but too large, complicated, expensive, etc. to be practical or possible 华而不实的;浮夸的;不切实际的The grandiose scheme for a journey across the desert came to nothing. 不切实际的穿越沙漠计划已成泡影。🔊🔊a grandiose opera house华而不实的歌剧院