gross /ɡrəʊs/ CET4 TEM4 ( grossing, grossed, grosser, grosses, grossest )

• 1. 

  ADJ You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity. 严重的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The company was guilty of gross negligence.

  该公司犯了重大的失职罪。

• 2. 

  grossly ADV 严重地 [ADV -ed/adj]

  例：

  Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years.

  多年来教育资金严重不足。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you say that someone's speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very coarse, vulgar, or unacceptable. 粗俗的 [表不满]

  例：

  He abused the Admiral in the grossest terms.

  他用最粗俗的字眼辱骂那位海军上将。

• 4. 

  ADJ If you describe something as gross, you think it is very unpleasant. 不雅的 [非正式]

  例：

  They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross I thought Dad was going to faint.

  前天晚上他们为“无毒美国”播出的一则广告如此令人恶心，我想爸爸都快晕过去了。

• 5. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as gross, you mean that they are extremely fat and unattractive. 肥胖臃肿的 [v-link ADJ] [表不满]

  例：

  I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.

  只有当我感到自己胖得很难看时，我才会拒吃巧克力这类东西。

• 6. 

  ADJ Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away. (尤指钱) 总的; 毛的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October.

  …一个能保证到10月份为止获得10.4%毛利或7.8%净利的固定利率账户。

• 7. 

  ADV Gross is also an adverb. 总地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted.

  利息按总额来付，没有扣除税收。

• 8. 

  ADJ Gross means the total amount of something, after all the relevant amounts have been added together. 总共的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Gross sales reached nearly $2 million a year.

  全年总销售额达到近二百万美元。

• 9. 

  V-T If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away. 税前收入赚得 [商业]

  例：

  The company grossed $16.8 million last year.

  该公司去年税前收入为1680万美元。

• 10. 

  NUM A gross is a group of 144 things. 一罗 (合144个)

  例：

  In all honesty he could not have justified ordering more than twelve gross of the disks.

  说实话他本来就不能为定购这些超过十二罗的光碟提供正当理由.