eminence

英 [ˈemɪnəns]

美 [ˈemɪnəns]

n.  (尤指在某专业中)卓越，著名，显赫; (天主教中对枢机主教的尊称)最可敬的枢机; 高地; 山丘

复数：eminences　

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指在某专业中）卓越，著名，显赫
  the quality of being famous and respected, especially in a profession
  1. a man of political eminence
     政坛上出类拔萃的人
• （天主教中对枢机主教的尊称）最可敬的枢机
  a title used in speaking to or about a cardinal (= a priest of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic Church)
  1. Their Eminences will see you now.
     最可敬的枢机现在要见你。
• 高地；山丘
  an area of high ground

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 显赫;卓越;著名
  Eminenceis the quality of being very well-known and highly respected.
  1. Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world...
     这些飞行员中很多人将会在航空界声名显赫。
  2. Beveridge was a man of great eminence.
     贝弗里奇是个非常有名的人。
• N-VOC 阁下，大人（天主教对红衣主教的尊称）
  You use expressions such asYour EminenceorHis Eminencewhen you are addressing or referring to a Roman Catholic cardinal.
  1. 'Your Eminence,' Pantieri broke in, 'I wonder if you would allow me a word.'...
     “主教阁下，”潘铁尼插话道，“不知您能否容许我说一句。”
  2. His Eminence Cardinal Hume celebrated Mass.
     休谟红衣主教大人主持了弥撒。

英英释义

noun

• a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
  Synonym:tuberositytubercle
• high status importance owing to marked superiority
  1. a scholar of great eminence
  Synonym:distinctionpreeminencenote

双语例句

• His Eminence Cardinal Hume celebrated Mass.
  休谟红衣主教大人主持了弥撒。
• Your eminence, I ask your pardon, too.
  红衣主教，我也请你原谅。
• Your Eminence, I am a Christian man, and have never yet been refused absolution.
  主教阁下，我是个基督徒，从来没被拒绝过赦罪。
• The eminence of God and the transcendence of God then you have a balanced perspective of god.
  神的同在和神的超越，使你对神有更平衡的观点。
• With little effort, he attained political eminence.
  不费什么力，他就在政治上露了头角。
• Poe, however, never during his short life reached their level of eminence.
  可是坡在短促一生中从没有像他们那样达到显赫水平。
• No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it is his own.
  任何人爱自己的国家都不是因为它地域宽广或声名显赫，而是因为它是自己的祖国。
• A problem more serious ( for a man of taste) is a position of eminence in human affairs, with the risks from adulation and lies which are inherent in the possession of almost absolute power.
  对一个有鉴赏力的人来说，一个更严重的问题却是他在人类事务中所处的显要位置使他面临谎言和奉承的危险，这是拥有几乎绝对权力的人必然会遭到的处境。
• The man who achieved this influence was an unlikely candidate for such eminence.
  有这么大影响的人，未必一定会获得鼎鼎大名。
• She was brought into eminence.
  人们使她出了名。