paragon
英 ['p?r?g(?)n]
美['p?r?ɡɑn]
- n. 模范；完美之物；優(yōu)秀之人
- adj. 完美的
- n. (Paragon)人名；(法)帕拉貢
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?paragons;
中文詞源
paragon 完人，典范
來自意大利語paragone,磨刀石，試金石，來自para-,在旁，在周圍，-ag,尖的，磨，來自PIE*ak,尖的，鋒利的，詞源同acid,acrid.引申詞義典范，完人，圣人。
英文詞源
- paragon
- paragon: [16] When we say someone is a ‘paragon of virtue’ – a perfect example of virtue, able to stand comparison with any other – we are unconsciously using the long-dead metaphor of ‘sharpening’ them against others. The word comes via archaic French paragon and Italian paragone from medieval Greek parakónē ‘sharpening stone, whetstone’. Thīs was a derivative of parakonan, a compound verb formed from pará ‘a(chǎn)longside’ and akonan ‘sharpen’ (a descendant of the same base, *ak- ‘be pointed’, as produced English acid, acute, etc), which as well as meaning literally ‘sharpen against’ was also used figuratively for ‘compare’.
=> acid, acute, eager, oxygen - paragon (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French paragon "a model, pattern of excellence" (15c., Modern French parangon), from Italian paragone, originally "touchstone to test gold" (early 14c.), from paragonare "to test on a touchstone, compare," from Greek parakonan "to sharpen, whet," from para- "on the side" (see para- (1)) + akone "whetstone," from PIE root *ak- "sharp, pointed" (see acrid).
雙語例句
- 1. He was not a paragon. He would never be perfect.
- 他不是完人，永遠不可能十全十美。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I make no claim to be a paragon.
- 我沒有說過自己是完人。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.
- 他被認為是品德盡善盡美的典范.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Man is the paragon of animals.
- 人是萬物之靈.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Is Confucius the paragon of Mount Tai?
- 孔子就是五岳獨尊的泰山 嗎 ?
來自中國文學部分