英:[ˈpærəgən]
美:[ˈpærəgɑn]
英:[ˈpærəgən]
美:[ˈpærəgɑn]
par·a·gon
pae r gan [or] pae r gn
复数:paragons
第三人称单数:paragons
现在分词:paragoning
过去式:paragoned
过去分词:paragoned
noun
a model of excellence or perfection a paragon of a wife
was a paragon of goodness
verb
transitive verb
to compare with : parallel
to put in rivalry : match
obsolete surpass
"模型或卓越完美的样板; 卓越或完美的人",1540年代,源自法语 paragon "模型,卓越的样板"(15世纪,现代法语 parangon),源自意大利语 paragone,最初意为"测试金子的试金石"(14世纪初),源自 paragonare "在试金石上测试,比较",源自希腊语 parakonan "磨快,磨锋",源自 para- "在旁边"(参见 para-(1))和 akonē "磨刀石"(源自 PIE 词根 *ak- "锋利,尖锐,刺穿")。
Noun and Verb Middle French, from Old Italian paragone, literally, touchstone, from paragonare to test on a touchstone, from Greek parakonan to sharpen, from para- + akonē whetstone, from akē point; akin to Greek akmē point — more at edge
The first known use of paragon was circa 1548
paragraph1 of 2noun
a part of a writing or speech that develops in an organized manner one point of a subject or gives the words of one speaker
a short written article (as in a newspaper) complete in one section
paragraph2 of 2verb
to divide into or write paragraphs
paragonnoun
a model of excellence or perfection
1 “Jonathan presents as a beautiful man, competent and terrific and engaged and completely at ease in his own body — the paragon of the golden boy,” Mr. Mayer said.
2 She has never made herself a paragon, or claimed to represent us all.
3 When he was 15, his family moved to Los Angeles, where he discovered jazz and quickly began playing it, initially with a style derived from the bebop paragon Bud Powell.
4 The professor is a paragon of virtue and learning.
这位教授堪称为人师表。
5 As for Crawford herself, she comes across as a rare paragon of steadiness and common sense and someone Houston was lucky to have known.
6 And the teacher was not only an intellectual paragon and a social leader, but also the matrimonial catch of the countryside.
7 So Smith is made out to be both a Russian Constructivist — or a Mondrian or Brancusi — and a paragon of American industry.
8 He wasn't the paragon of virtue she had expected.
他不是她想象中的那种美德典范。
9 He could almost make smitten girls in the audience think it would be worth getting cancer to meet such a paragon.
10 In “Holiday,” directed by A. R. Murugadoss, Mr. Kumar is called on to be a more serious kind of hero: a paragon of honor and the army.
11 She is a paragon of virtue.
她是美德的典范。
12 Some were sent back, but others were directed to the hospital, which eventually had 750 beds across several buildings and was considered a paragon of public health management.
13 The first American dancer to join the Bolshoi Ballet and a paragon of classical style, he is never quite satisfied with his work or himself.
14 Yet what have we heard about this paragon since her husband won the election?
然而自从她的丈夫赢得大选,关于这个典范我们又听说了什么 呢 ?
15 Eight years later he would make his mark on Western cinema in "Lawrence of Arabia" as Sherif Ali, the paragon of Arab nationalism.
16 Many of his heroines are paragons of self-sacrifice, but Ms. Yamada was his muse when he started introducing harder-edged and more willful women into his work.
17 He’s a paragon of rigor, but maybe not the best spokesman for simple clarity.
18 Sweden is not quite the paragon that its fans imagine, despite its family-friendly employment policies.
尽管有着套家庭友好雇用政策,瑞典却并不像它的粉丝们幻想的那么完美。
19 He was linked to this tradition in a fundamental way that America’s two leading operatic paragons, John Adams and Philip Glass, are not.
20 Yet his laser focus on expansion and upping the thrills made him a paragon of “stubborn insistence and myopia.”
1 与…竞争
2 典范
ideal monument jewel masterpiece quintessence byword exemplary pattern lesson soul triumph daddy exemplum copybook ne plus ultra paradigm epitome gold standard acme Cadillac model textbook canonical lead classic exponent exemplar showpiece apotheosis a monument to
4 比较
comparative proportional compare balance comparison parallel parallelism check measure confer relative contrastive comparatively than proportion confrontation with scale match weigh confront parallelize lay together
5 完人
7 逸品
8 典型
model normal classic ideal representative typical classical exemplary archetypal prototypical paradigmatic card-carrying typically classically quintessentially the type study image picture soul pink prototype perfection stereotype paradigm archetype epitome exemplar personification quintessence true to type nothing if not true to form par for the course echt example figure monument exponent cross-section all over typy true typal ideally top idea mirror pearl emblem incarnation typification from central casting
9 殊品
10 胜过
exceeding up circumvention tower lick prevail transcend overcrow have take better top pass skin trump beat distance rank cap exceed bang outreach sack surpass outweigh thrash outpace outdo outstrip flog outplay outshine overplay outgun overtop outmatch outdistance outgo overmatch overweigh outvie outbalance out- over above overshine forereach best cut excel cow whip flatter beggar outrace outrange overstride banjax put a whammy on have the heels of have the grab on get the bulge on ahead of one too many have it on have the advantage of get the best of have the edge