Eminent
['emɪnənt] or ['ɛmɪnənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) of imposing height; especially standing out above others; 'an eminent peak'; 'lofty mountains'; 'the soaring spires of the cathedral'; 'towering icebergs' .
(adj.) standing above others in quality or position; 'people in high places'; 'the high priest'; 'eminent members of the community' .
整理:米歇尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) High; lofty; towering; prominent.
(a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
編輯:塔比瑟
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. High, lofty, elevated.[2]. Distinguished, conspicuous, celebrated, prominent, illustrious, exalted, famous, renowned, remarkable, of great repute.
編輯:蒂姆
同義詞及反義詞:
[See HIGH]
杰里米整理
解釋/意思:
adj. rising above others: conspicuous: distinguished: exalted in rank or office.—ns. Em′inence Em′inency a part eminent or rising above the rest: a rising ground: height: distinction: a title of honour: homage: a title given in 1631 to cardinals till then styled Most Illustrious.—adj. Eminen′tial.—adv. Em′inently.—Eminent domain (dominium eminens) the right by which the supreme authority in a state may compel a proprietor to part with what is his own for the public use.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I have taken a book written by one eminent professor and evidently approved by others, for they use it as a text-book. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Among the earlier names, that of Dr. Gilbert (1540-1603), of Colchester, is pre-eminent. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In the former situation, we are likely to find the universities filled with the most eminent men of letters that are to be found in the country. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Robert Stephenson was the engineer of this great structure, aided by the suggestions of Fairbairn and other eminent engineers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- An eminent physiologist thinks it worth while 'to try and place life on a physical basis. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Jackson, an eminent chemist of the same city. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In those countries, the universities are continually draining the church of all its most eminent men of letters. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In the early part of 1881 there was sent from Paris to Glasgow a so-called box of electric energy for inspection and test by Sir William Thomson, the eminent electrician. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Osborne went to the West Indies, where he became an eminent lawyer, and made money. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Stumpy and Rowdy, to lie in the cellars of those eminent bankers until the same period should arrive. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- How you have escaped them I can't imagine, says the eminent traveller, lighting his cheroot again, and staring hard at Mr. Franklin. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The eminent traveller did me the honour of waking up in an instant, and asking me who I was. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- In the treatment of chilblains we give a detailed list of formulas from the works and practice of a number of the most eminent physicians and surgeons. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Mrs. Churchill had been recommended to the medical skill of an eminent person there, and had otherwise a fancy for the place. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I am told he is an eminent philanthropist--which is decidedly against him, to begin with. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Not one man in a thousand has accuracy of eye and judgment sufficient to become an eminent breeder. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Now, with reference to placing Mr. Richard with some sufficiently eminent practitioner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Says Lamartine of the writings of Palissy, they are real treasures of human wisdom, divine piety, and eminent genius, as well as of great simplicity, vigor, and copiousness of style. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Sir Astley Cooper, the eminent surgeon, said to Robert Stephenson, when the latter called to see him about a new road, Your scheme is preposterous in the extreme. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It is due to his discoveries and publications, combined with those of the eminent men on the continent, above referred to, that agricultural chemistry arose to the dignity of a science. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Charles Darwin possessed both these mental characteristics in an eminent degree. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- His correspondence was sought for by the most eminent philosophers of Europe. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Eminent Scientific Men who have Made Ventilation a Study. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This was shown to an eminent engineer for his opinion. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- They are generally the disciples of some eminent professor or sophist, whom they rather imitate than understand. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Liston, an eminent English surgeon, performed the operation of amputating the thigh while the patient was under the influence of ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In 1879 that eminent English scientist, Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It has been stated by that eminent specialist in steam engineering, Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He had the advice of an eminent oculist; and he eventually recovered the sight of that one eye. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Why, it may be asked, until recently did nearly all the most eminent living naturalists and geologists disbelieve in the mutability of species? 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
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