Front | preeminent |
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Pron | [priː'emɪnənt] |
Back | 【preeminent】 adj.卓越的 Every baseball player envies him, he is preeminent above all his rivals for pitching. 每个棒球员都羡慕他,因为在投球方面,他胜过任何竞争者。 |
Vocab | preeminentgreatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
Calling someone preeminent means they're truly outstanding or better than everyone else — not in general, but in a specific field or specialty. Such as a preeminent geologist. The adjective preeminent was first recorded in the mid 15th century and has its roots in the Latin praeeminentem, which means “to project forward, rise above.” And anything that's been described as preeminent certainly does rise above the rest. Preeminent scholars or universities or craftsmen are the best at what they do and are well known because of it. All forms of 'preeminent' will appear on average once every 5523 pages. eminence eminent eminently preeminent pre-eminently preeminence preeminently |
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