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单词 pre-eminent
释义
pre-eminent
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌpriːˈem.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˌpriːˈem.ə.nənt/
moreimportantorbetterthanothers:
卓越的，杰出的，出类拔萃的
She is the pre-eminentauthorityin hersubject.她在自己的学科领域是杰出的权威。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
  • all-important
  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • chief
  • clutch
  • co-principal
  • life-and-death
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • salient
  • subtle
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(Definition ofpre-eminentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpre-eminent

pre-eminent
It is clear that by 1893 the cadenza had achieved apre-eminentstatus, already known as ' famous cadenza with flute'.
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As a form of letting loose frustrations or organizing society, dance has apre-eminentplace in these accounts because it is made of movement.
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History in practice, however, is unlikely to supplant any of the more obviouslypre-eminentworks of historiographic writing from the academic's shelves.
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First, in the process of solving design problems the freehand drawing is thepre-eminenttool employed by nine of the 10 architects interviewed.
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Among the 50- to 91-year-olds, very is thepre-eminentintensifier.
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Starting with an obviouslypre-eminenterudition and an enviable range of knowledge, he has assembled great forces of evidence and argument.
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It is not possible to specify the magnitude of this role and this article does not assume that the role has beenpre-eminent.
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In fact the new nature is therefore thepre-eminentproduct of the late twentieth-century landscape, as a fully planned and controllable cultural construction.
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It was restored to itspre-eminentwas restored to itspre-eminentposition when the monarchy was position when the monarchy was itself restored in 1660.
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This contrasts in some measure with some work in ' cognitive semantics ' which seems to focus more on thepre-eminentrole of conceptualization for language.
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In the writer's opinion these standpre-eminentamong the fumigants, although hydrocyanic acid possesses the higher lethal effect, whether evolved by the liquid method or by exposing calcium cyanide.
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Whereas in the earlier work the semantics of language were underscored aspre-eminent, with the computer-typed font it is the syntax of language that becomes most significant.
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During this period, even though sugar did not hold apre-eminentplace, an expanding domestic market and a favourable tax policy for cane plantations stimulated investments in primitive milling technology.
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The assessment of the prisoner's current level of risk is thepre-eminentfactor in determining whether he/she may be granted parole.
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The old word used to be "pre-eminent"; now the word "outstanding" is used.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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