par excellence

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑːns/|/ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɑːns/|/ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɒ̃s/|/ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɒ̃s/    美 /ˌpɑr ˌɛksəˈlɑn(t)s/|/ˌpɑɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑns/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Most excellent, variously intending; Being the proper or truest example of a general name. not-comparable,postpositional
    — The Santo (which is St. Antonio's church, called il Santo par excellence) […]
  2. Most excellent, variously intending; Being a quintessential example of a general type. not-comparable,postpositional
    — This is the age of invention, most certainly—the age, one may say—the age par excellence.
副词 adv.
  1. Because or on account of one's excellence. not-comparable
    — The name of Venus is in deede but bautye, And men me fayrest call, per excellencye.
  2. Most excellently, variously intending; Most especially, in particular, most notably (out of a thing or person's other attributes, roles, etc.). not-comparable
    — He was par excellence a theologian.
  3. Most excellently, variously intending; In a superior way, in the most representative or fully-developed manner. not-comparable
    — She was par excellence the vigilant member of the house-hold.

词汇关系

近义词
pre-eminently supremely above all

词源

词源 1
Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), a calque of Latin per excellentiam, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κατ' ἐξοχήν (kat' exokhḗn).
词源 2
Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), a calque of Latin per excellentiam, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κατ' ἐξοχήν (kat' exokhḗn).
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