| 单词 | superlative |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [sju:'pə:lətiv] |
| 解释 | adj. 最佳的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.最佳的 (surpassing all others；supreme) 【记】 super(在…上面)+lat (放)+ive→放在别的 上面→最好的，最佳的 【例】 He has superlative technical skills. |
| 字源 | superlative (adj.) late 14c., from Old French superlatif "absolute, highest; powerful; best" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin superlativus "extravagant, exaggerated, hyperbolic," from Latin superlatus "exaggerated" (used as past participle of superferre "carry over or beyond"), from super "beyond" (see super-) + lat- "carry," from *tlat-, past participle stem of tollere "to take away" (see extol). Related: Superlatively; superlativeness. The noun is attested from 1520s, originally in the grammatical sense, "a word in the superlative;" hence "exaggerated language" (1590s). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】super + latter 后者，超过所有后来者→后无来者→最佳 |
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