paramount
參見：Paramount
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
| 原始印歐語詞 |
|---|
| *h₂éd |
源自盎格魯-諾曼語 paramont、paramount (“至高无上的，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，通过”)，源自原始印歐語 *per- (“穿过；通过”);[2]amont和amunt则源自拉丁語 ad montem (“朝向山；向上”)，源自ad (“向上往”)（最终源自原始印歐語 *h₂éd (“在；到”)） + montem（mōns (“山”)的宾格单数，最终源自原始印歐語 *men- (“耸立，矗立”)）。[3]
发音[编辑]
形容词[编辑]
paramount (無比較級)
- (常作后置定语) 至高无上的；领先的，领导的
- 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，最优先的
- 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.
- 把这些信用卡还清是最要紧的事。
- (棄用, 指法律等) 优先适用的
- 近義詞： 參見Thesaurus:superior
衍生词汇[编辑]
名词[编辑]
paramount (複數 paramounts)
参考资料[编辑]
- ↑ “paramount, adj., n., and adv.”, OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “paramount1, adj.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ↑ 对比“per, prep.”, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “per, prep.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ↑ 对比“amount, v.”, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “amount, v.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
延伸阅读[编辑]
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 在线词典 上有关 paramount 的释义
