The architect's grandiose plan for a glass-domed museum was rejected due to its exorbitant cost and impractical design.
这位建筑师为玻璃穹顶博物馆制定的宏伟计划因造价过高和设计不切实际而被否决。
Which choice best defines “grandiose”?
D — Impressively large; pretentiously grand.. “grandiose” means Impressively large; pretentiously grand..
Which word means “Impressively large; pretentiously grand.”?
D — grandiose. “grandiose” means Impressively large; pretentiously grand..
grandiose — Impressively large; pretentiously grand.. In Chinese: 宏伟的；浮夸的.
grandiose is pronounced //ˈɡrændiəʊs//.
The architect's grandiose plan for a glass-domed museum was rejected due to its exorbitant cost and impractical design. (这位建筑师为玻璃穹顶博物馆制定的宏伟计划因造价过高和设计不切实际而被否决。)
ambitious, imposing, ostentatious — all close in meaning to grandiose (Impressively large; pretentiously grand.).
modest, humble — each the opposite of grandiose (Impressively large; pretentiously grand.).
Yes. grandiose is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
grand(大) → 好大喜功。