mid-14c., "great-mindedness, courage," from Old French magnificence "splendor, nobility, grandeur," from Latin magnificentia "splendor, munificence," from stem of magnificus "great, elevated, noble, eminent," also "splendid, rich, fine, costly," literally "doing great deeds," from magnus "great" (see magnate) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "greatness, grandeur, glory" in English is from late 14c. That of "beauty, splendor, wealth" is 15c. As one of the Aristotelian and scholastic virtues, it translates Greek megaloprepeia "liberality of expenditure combined with good taste."
雙語例句
1. It was the embodiment of princely magnificence.
這體現了和親王相稱的富麗堂皇。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Her insignificance in the presence of so much magnificence faintly affected her.
"她想象著他所描繪的一切,心里不禁有些刺痛.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
3. " And a sombre, but yet a studied magnificence. "
顯示出一種陰沉而又做作的壯麗.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學
4. The quite magnificence of his political pathos lay in this.
他的深沉博大的政治感召力就在這里.
來自辭典例句
5. All Pen's splendor and magnificence vanished away at this.