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单词 notable
释义
notable
adjective
uk
/ˈnəʊ.tə.bəl/us
/ˈnoʊ.t̬ə.bəl/
C1
importantanddeservingattention, because of being very good orinteresting:
显要的；显著的；值得注意的
a notablecollectionofrareplants一批引人注目的奇花异草
Getting bothsidestoagreewas a notableachievement.使双方达成共识是一项显著的成就。
Thisattractivebuildingisparticularlynotableforitswoodlandsetting.这幢漂亮的建筑因其树林背景而格外引人注目。
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renowned
famed
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  • Sydney Smith, a notablewit,onceremarkedthat he neverreadabookbefore hereviewedit because it mightprejudicehisopinionof it.
  • Thelibraryhousesa notablecollectionofraremanuscripts.
  • Therenaissancewas notable for thespreadoflearningoutsidetheuniversity.
  • He wascreditedwith making a notablecontributionto thepeaceprocess.
  • "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" are among Shakespeare's most notableworks.
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
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  • sacred
  • salient
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notable
noun[C]
literary
uk
/ˈnəʊ.tə.bəl/us
/ˈnoʊ.t̬ə.bəl/
animportantorfamousperson:
显要人物；名流
Other notables among hispupilswere thekingsof Saudi Arabia and Thailand.他的学生中，另外两位显要人物是沙特阿拉伯国王和泰国国王。
Synonyms
leading light
luminaryformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Important people and describing important people
  • august
  • baron
  • be the cat's whiskersidiom
  • doyen
  • doyenne
  • first among equalsidiom
  • FLOTUS
  • get oversomething/someone
  • get over yourself!idiom
  • guest of honour
  • lynchpin
  • Mister Big
  • mogul
  • moment
  • movers and shakers
  • MVP
  • superiority
  • the big boys
  • the big enchiladaidiom
  • the grand old man ofsomethingidiom
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(Definition ofnotablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

notable| American Dictionary

notable
adjective
us
/ˈnoʊ·t̬ə·bəl/
importantanddeservingattention:
Sheworkedwith many notablemusicians.

notably

adverbus
/ˈnoʊ·t̬ə·bli/
Othersportshave hadworkstoppages, most notablybaseball.
(Definition ofnotablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The athletic and cultural club was lled that evening, with a number of notables from other municipalities in attendance.
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He therefore favoured the direct recruitment of the sons of notables into the officer corps through military schools.
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She agrees with recent scholarship that has demonstrated that the rise of notables did not necessarily bring about the empire's decline (p. 6).
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Local notables and guests of honour were fetched in procession, to witness the worship of the deities.
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While this is certainly plausible, a more complete discussion of the followings the notables enjoyed would be welcome.
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I was late in arriving at the notable's house.
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They were not local notables originating out of the ranks of the resident population, but courtiers of the prince governing the region.
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The pair talked to our chief and notables, who agreed to set aside land for a training camp.
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Gone were the regimental marching bands, displays with flags, cavalry formations, carriages of notables, festivities for the monarch's birthday and for royal visits.
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All of these operations were run through an extensive network of offshore accounts from which commissions were then paid to regime notables and foreign middlemen.
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Several illustrate the impact of the colonial border as it affected local notables, forced to apply for travel permits as they pursued their daily lives.
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Rule by favoring traditional notables over the modern educated classes in allocating local authority.*!
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Though the officers of these last were elected by their men, very often their choice fell on local notables.
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5 traditional notables and was the product of a series of seven congresses.
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Their political influence derived from their position as notables or a'yan.
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