1·A nation must take certain risks to achieve greatness.
一个国家必须冒一定风险来成就伟大的事业。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Sporting greatness defies analysis – but we know it when we see it.
运动的伟大无法进行分析–但是我们一看就知道。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Over time, the attributes of greatness shifted.
随着时间的推移，伟大的定义发生了变化。
4·I never learned how to play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness.
我从不知如何弹奏鲁特琴；但我懂得如何使一座无名小镇发展成辉煌而伟大的城市。
5·Not even a great health-care system can cure death—and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours.
即使是一个伟大的医疗体系也无法治愈死亡，而我们未能直面这一现实，现在正威胁着我们的伟大。