outstanding
英語
編輯詞源
編輯源自outstand，等價於out- + standing。
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動詞
編輯outstanding
形容詞
編輯outstanding (比較級 more outstanding，最高級 most outstanding)
- 突出的，顯著的，凸顯的
- 近義詞：eminent、noteworthy；亦參見Thesaurus:notable
- 傑出的，出眾的，卓越的
- 近義詞：amazing、impressive；亦參見Thesaurus:awesome
- 反義詞：mediocre
- 1978, Arthur Burks, The New Elements of Mathematics (review by Burks):
- Charles S. Peirce, 1839 to 1914, was one of America's most outstanding intellects. Philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, he wrote profusely, the equivalent of almost 100,000 printed pages in all.
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- 向外凸的，凸起的
- 近義詞：prominent、protuberant
- 1915, John Muir, Travels in Alaska:
- At a distance of about seven or eight miles to the northeastward of the landing, there is an outstanding group of mountains crowning a spur from the main chain of the Coast Range, whose highest point rises about eight thousand feet above the level of the sea;...
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- 未完成的，懸而未決的
- 欠着的，待付的
- 近義詞：unpaid、unsettled
- You must pay any outstanding corporate card balance immediately.
- 您必須立即支付所有尚欠的商務卡結欠款。
- 1923, Treaty of Lausanne:
- The distribution of the capital shall in the case of each loan be based on the capital amount outstanding at the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty.
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- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvi:
- I kept account of every farthing I spent, and my expenses were carefully calculated. Every little item such as omnibus fares or postage or a couple of coppers spent on newspapers, would be entered, and the balance struck every evening before going to bed. That habit has stayed with me ever since, and I know that as a result, though I have had to handle public funds amounting to lakhs, I have succeeded in exercising strict economy in their disbursement, and instead of outstanding debts have had invariably a surplus balance in respect of all the movements I have led. Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.