eminence

英 [ˈemɪnəns]

美 [ˈemɪnəns]

n.  (尤指在某专业中)卓越，著名，显赫; (天主教中对枢机主教的尊称)最可敬的枢机; 高地; 山丘

复数：eminences　

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指在某专业中）卓越，著名，显赫
  the quality of being famous and respected, especially in a profession
  1. a man of political eminence
     政坛上出类拔萃的人
• （天主教中对枢机主教的尊称）最可敬的枢机
  a title used in speaking to or about a cardinal (= a priest of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic Church)
  1. Their Eminences will see you now.
     最可敬的枢机现在要见你。
• 高地；山丘
  an area of high ground

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 显赫;卓越;著名
  Eminenceis the quality of being very well-known and highly respected.
  1. Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world...
     这些飞行员中很多人将会在航空界声名显赫。
  2. Beveridge was a man of great eminence.
     贝弗里奇是个非常有名的人。
• N-VOC 阁下，大人（天主教对红衣主教的尊称）
  You use expressions such asYour EminenceorHis Eminencewhen you are addressing or referring to a Roman Catholic cardinal.
  1. 'Your Eminence,' Pantieri broke in, 'I wonder if you would allow me a word.'...
     “主教阁下，”潘铁尼插话道，“不知您能否容许我说一句。”
  2. His Eminence Cardinal Hume celebrated Mass.
     休谟红衣主教大人主持了弥撒。

英英释义

noun

• a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
  Synonym:tuberositytubercle
• high status importance owing to marked superiority
  1. a scholar of great eminence
  Synonym:distinctionpreeminencenote

双语例句

• Poe, however, never during his short life reached their level of eminence.
  可是坡在短促一生中从没有像他们那样达到显赫水平。
• With little effort, he attained political eminence.
  不费什么力，他就在政治上露了头角。
• 'Your Eminence,' Pantieri broke in, 'I wonder if you would allow me a word.'
  “主教阁下，”潘铁尼插话道，“不知您能否容许我说一句。”
• I think I'd like to be a plumber, Your Eminence.
  我想当一个水管工，主教大人。
• He understood that I had not reached eminence by losing too many bureaucratic battles.
  他也明白，我若是在官僚机构的你争我夺中败绩过多的话，也是不能够这样出人头地的。
• They were even boastful of its eminence in those particulars.
  他们甚至夸耀这些特色为它的优点。
• She was brought into eminence.
  人们使她出了名。
• It was courteous, as befitted a young man speaking to an older man of Fanucci's eminence.
  他表现得很谦恭，很适合一个年轻人在向法努其这样显赫的人说话时应有的礼貌。
• He finally won the eminence as a scientist.
  他最终成为卓越的科学家。
• No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it is his own.
  任何人爱自己的国家都不是因为它地域宽广或声名显赫，而是因为它是自己的祖国。