big picture

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /bɪɡ ˈpɪk(t)ʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The totality of a situation.
    — I do not care whether it is placed or not, if I get my stuff to that ship. Now, it is my job to look at the big picture.
  2. The main film in a double feature. Ireland,UK,dated
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.

词形变化

big pictures plural

词源

From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." First attested in 1904.
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