paramount
參見:Paramount
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
原始印歐語詞 |
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*h₂éd |
源自盎格魯-諾曼語 paramont、paramount (「至高無上的,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,通過」),源自原始印歐語 *per- (「穿過;通過」);[2]amont和amunt則源自拉丁語 ad montem (「朝向山;向上」),源自ad (「向上往」)(最終源自原始印歐語 *h₂éd (「在;到」)) + montem(mōns (「山」)的賓格單數,最終源自原始印歐語 *men- (「聳立,矗立」))。[3]
發音[編輯]
形容詞[編輯]
paramount (無比較級)
- (常作後置定語) 至高無上的;領先的,領導的
- Template:RQ:Bacon Henry 7
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, 卷 2,頁號 168:
- 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,最優先的
- 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.
- 把這些信用卡還清是最要緊的事。
- (棄用,指法律等) 優先適用的
- 近義詞: 參見Thesaurus:superior
衍生詞彙[編輯]
名詞[編輯]
paramount (複數 paramounts)
參考資料[編輯]
- ↑ 「paramount, adj., n., and adv.」, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; 「paramount1, adj.」, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ↑ 對比「per, prep.」, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; 「per, prep.」, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ↑ 對比「amount, v.」, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; 「amount, v.」, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
延伸閱讀[編輯]
- 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, OCLC 800618302
- OneLook 在線詞典 上有關 paramount 的釋義