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greatnessn.
1. high rank,elevated place 高贵身份，高贵地位。
△Tw.2.5.159(144):“but be not afraid of greatness.”但是不必害怕高贵身份。
△As.1.3.91(88):“If you outstay thetime,upon mine honour,/And in the greatness of my word,you die.”假如你停留得超过了期限，那么，以我的名誉为誓，并且凭我的高贵地位说话，你准得死。
△2H.IV. 5.2.110:“And not less happy,having such a son/Thatwould deliver up his greatness so / Into the hands ofjustice.”我也同样幸运，能有这么一个儿子，他肯放下自己的尊位，接受法律的处理。
△H.VIII.5.5.39(5.4.38): “Andby those claim their greatness,not by blood.”并且靠着这些取得他们的高贵地位，而不是仗恃血统。
2. eminence of rank,paramount eminence,throne,ruling power 大位，至尊地位，王位，统治权。
△2H.IV.3.1.73: “But that necessity so bowed the state / That I and greatness were compelled to kiss.”但是国家形势的紧急必要迫使我只好登上大位。
△ 2H.IV.4.4.24: “And nobleoffices thou mayest effect / Of mediation,after I amdead,/ Between his greatness and thy otherbrethren.”在我死了以后，你可以尽到你的崇高责任，在他的至尊地位和你的其他兄弟之间进行调解疏通。
△R.III.3.7.160(161): “That I would rather hide me from mygreatness,/.../ Than in my greatness covet to behid / And in the vapour of my glory smothered.”我宁愿避开大位把自己隐藏起来…也不愿身处大位无法躲藏而在光荣的烟雾中窒息而死。
3. power 权力。
△H.V.4.1.271(251): “O,be sick,great greatness,/ And bid thy ceremony give theecure!”啊，伟大的权威，当你害了病，叫礼仪给你治治吧！
4. (abstr. for concr.) the great 大人物。
△1 H. IV. 3.2.24:“Which oft the ear of greatness needs must hear”，大人物的耳朵里一定会常常听到的。
5. bigness 夸大。
△2H.VI. 4.10.56 (53): “As forwords,whose greatness answers words，”至于话语，我的大话也比得上你说的话了。 |