eminent

英 ['em?n?nt] 美['?m?n?nt]

反義詞

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from ex- "out" (see ex-) + minere, related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)).
這是鶴立雞群的感覺。

eminent: eminent: [15] Someone who is eminent literally ‘stands out’. The word comes from the present participle of Latin ēminēre ‘stand out’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and a verbal element -minēre ‘stand, project’ which occurs also in imminent and prominent and may be related ultimately to Latin mōns ‘mountain’, source of English mount and mountain.
=> imminent, mount, mountain, prominent
eminent (adj.): early 15c., from Old French éminent "prominent" (13c.) or directly from Latin eminentem (nominative eminens) "standing out, projecting, prominent, high," figuratively "distinguished, distinctive," present participle of eminere "stand out, project; be prominent, be conspicuous," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + minere, related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Eminently. Legal eminent domain recorded from 1738.

1. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.: 10年來，“X”樂隊一直都是洛杉磯最杰出的朋克樂隊。

3. Dickens was pre-eminent among English writers of his day.: 狄更斯在其同時期英國作家中最為出色。

4. We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.: 我們正期待一位著名科學(xué)家的來訪.

5. The order was created in 1902 as a special distinction for eminent men and women.: 該勛位設(shè)立于1902年，作為一項殊榮授予杰出的男性和女性。