Magnificence

(noun.) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; 'for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel'; 'his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects'; 'it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor'; 'an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art'; 'advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products'.

整理:罗伯塔

• The boy's eyes had lighted with pleasure as I spoke, and I saw him glance from his rusty trappings to the magnificence of my own. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In the midst of all this magnificence, the solid gold and silver furniture of the altar seemed cheap and trivial. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Sir Leicester's magnificence explodes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Magnificence there was, with some rude attempt at taste; but of comfort there was little, and, being unknown, it was unmissed. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Not a little more magnificence, therefore, on the part of Sir Leicester. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Things went on this way for several weeks, Berwick made very pleasant parties to Richmond, and did everything with princely magnificence. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Besides, I now considered myself as bound by the laws of hospitality, to a people who had treated me with so much expense and magnificence. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The management beg leave to offer to the public an entertainment surpassing in magnificence any thing that has heretofore been attempted on any stage. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• An eloquent catalogue appeared in a weekly print, describing his virtues, his magnificence, his talents, and his good actions. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The latter quickly spied out the magnificence of the brocade of Becky's train, and the splendour of the lace on her dress. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Plato himself is said to have lived with a good deal of magnificence. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Louis XV was the great-grandson of Louis XIV, and an incompetent imitator of his predecessor's magnificence. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Their expense, too, their grandeur and magnificence, must be suited to what that commerce can afford to pay. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The officers were conspicuous through the wondrous magnificence of their resplendent trappings. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The arts of Greece, imported long before, had been developed into magnificence that bordered on vulgarity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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