paramount
參見:Paramount
英语
编辑词源
编辑原始印歐語詞 |
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*h₂éd |
源自盎格魯-諾曼語 paramont、paramount (“至高无上的,卓越的;在上面的”),源自古法語 par、per (“以...的手段”) + amont、amunt (“向上”)。[1]Par派生自拉丁語 per (“以...的手段,通过”),源自原始印歐語 *per- (“穿过;通过”);[2]amont和amunt则源自拉丁語 ad montem (“朝向山;向上”),源自ad (“向上往”)(最终源自原始印歐語 *h₂éd (“在;到”)) + montem(mōns (“山”)的宾格单数,最终源自原始印歐語 *men- (“耸立,矗立”))。[3]
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编辑paramount (無比較級)
- (常作后置定语) 至高无上的;领先的,领导的
- Template:RQ:Bacon Henry 7
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, 第 2 卷,第 168 頁:
- Hitherto she had chiefly dwelt on her unkindness and neglect; but absence, like charity, covers a multitude of sins; and the thought now paramount was, that she should see her no more.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- Template:RQ:Allingham China Governess
- 最重要的,最优先的
- 近義詞:crucial、imperative;亦參見Thesaurus:important
- 反義詞:參見Thesaurus:insignificant
- Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
- 把这些信用卡还清是最要紧的事。
- (棄用,指法律等) 优先适用的
- 近義詞:參見Thesaurus:superior
衍生词汇
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编辑paramount (複數 paramounts)
参考资料
编辑- ↑ “paramount, adj., n., and adv.”,OED Online ,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,December 2020年; “paramount1, adj.”,Lexico,Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press,2019–present年.
- ↑ 对比“per, prep.”,OED Online ,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,December 2020年; “per, prep.”,Lexico,Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press,2019–present年.
- ↑ 对比“amount, v.”,OED Online ,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,December 2020年; “amount, v.”,Lexico,Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press,2019–present年.
延伸阅读
编辑- paramount (disambiguation)在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 en
- “paramount”,The Century Dictionary […],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,OCLC 867766587
- “paramount”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302
- OneLook 在线词典 上有关 paramount 的释义