A macrocosm is a very large, complicated system that you look at as one whole thing. The first meaning is the universe itself — everything that exists, taken together. People also use it for a whole society, a whole culture, or any huge human world, when they want you to see the big picture rather than the little pieces.

A macrocosm ismacrocosm是 a very large, complicated system一個非常龐大、複雜的系統，that you look at as one whole thing你把它當成一個整體來看。The first meaning is the universe itself第一個意思就是宇宙本身——everything that exists, taken together把所有存在的東西加在一起看。People also use it for a whole society大家也會用它來指整個社會、a whole culture整個文化、or any huge human world或任何龐大的人類世界，when they want you to see the big picture當他們想讓你看到大局的時候，rather than the little pieces而不是那些小細節。

It is a bookish word. In ordinary talk most people would just say “the universe” or “the whole system.” You will often meet it next to its partner microcosm: a small thing that seems to copy the large one.

It is a bookish word這是個書面味很重的字。In ordinary talk most people would just say平常講話大家可能就直接說「the universe宇宙」or the whole system或「整個系統」。You will often meet it next to its partner microcosm你常常會看到它跟它的搭檔microcosm一起出現：a small thing that seems to copy the large one也就是一個看起來像是縮小版大東西的小東西。

If a classroom is a microcosm of society, then society is the macrocosm. Teachers and writers like this pair; it is not a word you need at the market.

If a classroom is a microcosm of society如果說一間教室是社會的microcosm，then society is the macrocosm那麼社會就是macrocosm。Teachers and writers like this pair老師和作家喜歡用這對字；it is not a word you need at the market但這不是你上市場買菜會用到的字。