A：Are there any tours for the Grand Canyon?
      有到大峡谷的旅游团吗？

grand的意思

B：There are several tours of the Grand Canyon. Have you been to our Tourist Information Center?
      到大峡谷有好几个旅游团。你去过我们的"旅客服务中心"吗？

A：No, I haven't. Would you show me where that is?
      不，没去过。你可以告诉我去哪里吗？

B：Sure. It's up ahead to your left.
      好的。往前走，在你的左边。

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A：I heard that some tours actually go down into the canyon. Is that true?
      我听说有的旅游团真正下到峡谷里去了。那是真的吗？

B：Yes. It's a great way to really see the canyon.In addition, it's great exercise too, since we do a lot of hiking.
      真的。那是真正参观峡谷的好方式。还有，那也是个好的运动，因为我们要长距离徒步旅行。

A：That sounds fantastic. Where do I go to sign up for that tour?
      那听起来好极了。我到哪里去报名参加呢？

B：Go inside the Information Center.And tell them you want to go on the tour that goes down into the canyon.You pay there. I have the next group to go down. I'll see you soon then.
      到服务中心去。 跟他们说你要参加到峡谷里去的旅游团。你在那儿付钱。我带的下一个团就是要下去的。回见！

1. 宏伟的；壮丽的；富丽堂皇的
    If you describe a building or a piece of scenery as grand, you mean that its size or appearance is very impressive.

    e.g. ...this grand building in the center of town...
           这幢位于市中心的宏伟建筑
    e.g. The scenery of South Island is on a grand scale.
           南岛风光壮观秀丽。

2. （计划等）宏伟的，宏大的
    Grand plans or actions are intended to achieve important results.

    e.g. Critics will point to other grand schemes that have gone less well, such as Sheffield's World Student Games disaster...
           批评家将会指出其他一些并不成功的大项目，比如谢菲尔德世界大学生运动会这一败笔。
    e.g. The grand design of Europe's monetary union is already agreed.
           欧洲统一货币的宏伟构想已经获得认同。

3. 牛气的；不可一世的
    People who are grand think they are important or socially superior.

    e.g. He is grander and even richer than the Prince of Wales...
           他比威尔士亲王还牛气，甚至更有钱。
    e.g. The Duke of Clarence will be there, and many of your grander friends.
           克拉伦斯公爵将会到场，还有你许多牛不可及的朋友亦将出席。

4. 快乐的；令人非常愉快的
    If you describe an activity or experience as grand, you mean that it is very pleasant and enjoyable.

    e.g. Few museums could rival the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich for a grand day out...
           若想找个地儿开心地逛一天，没有哪家博物馆能比得上格林尼治皇家天文台。
    e.g. The dinner was a grand success...
           晚宴办得十分成功。

5. 了不起的；出色的；极好的
    You can describe someone or something as grand when you admire or approve of them very much.

    e.g. He was a grand bloke.
           他非常了不起。

6. 总括的
    A grand total is one that is the final amount or the final result of a calculation.

grand的意思

    e.g. It came to a grand total of £20,329.
           总计20,329英镑。

7. （常用于大型建筑物的名称前）大的
    Grand is often used in the names of buildings such as hotels, especially when they are very large.

    e.g. They stayed at The Grand Hotel, Budapest.
           他们住在布达佩斯大饭店。

8. 一千美元（或英镑）
    A grand is a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.

    e.g. They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
           他们打算付你一万美元作为改编老剧本的报酬。

9. 同grand piano
    A grand is the same as a grand piano .

10. see also: grandly