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quintessence

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  • n. 精華;典范;第五元素(被視為地、水、火、風以外之構成宇宙的元素)

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詞態變化


副詞:?quintessentially;形容詞:?quintessential;

中文詞源


quintessence 第五要素,精華,精髓

quint-,五,essence,精華,實質。一種古代的物質觀,世界由水,火,氣,土四種基本要素組 成,而第五要素則是將這四種要素有機組合的最重要因素,但是與這四種要素不同的是,第 五要素是無形的。參照電影《第五要素》。

英文詞源


quintessence
quintessence: [15] Just as modern particle physicists search for the ultimate constituent of matter, the common denominator of all known forces, so medieval alchemists tried to find a fifth primary essence, which together with earth, air, fire, and water formed the substance of all heaven and earth. This fifth essence, higher and more ethereal than the other four, was postulated by Aristotle, who called it aithēr ‘either’.

Another Greek term for it was pemptē ousíā ‘fifth essence’, which was translated into medieval Latin as quinta essentia – whence, via French, English quintessence. The metaphorical sense ‘most perfect or characteristic embodiment’ began to emerge in the second half of the 16th century. Other English words based on quintus ‘fifth’, the ordinal form of Latin quinque ‘five’, include quintet [19] and quintuple [16].

quintessence (n.)
early 15c., in ancient and medieval philosophy, "pure essence, substance of which the heavenly bodies are composed," literally "fifth essence," from Middle French quinte essence (14c.), from Medieval Latin quinta essentia, from Latin quinta, fem. of quintus "fifth" (see quinque-) + essentia (see Parousia).

A loan-translation of Greek pempte ousia, the "ether" added by Aristotle to the four known elements (water, earth, fire, air) and said to permeate all things. Its extraction was one of the chief goals of alchemy. Sense of "purest essence" (of a situation, character, etc.) is first recorded 1580s.

雙語例句


1. He was the quintessence of all that Eva most deeply loathed.
他是伊娃最深惡痛絕的那種人中的典型。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It was the quintessence of an English manor house.
那是典型的英式莊園宅第。

來自《權威詞典》

3. John is the quintessence of good manners.
約翰是禮貌的典范.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Turning round to look at Gumo Ridge It'struck me as the quintessence of autumn.
天,也比以前更加高遠一些.回頭向古陌嶺上望去,秋色更濃了.

來自漢英文學 - 現代散文

5. The theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat is the quintessence of Marxism.
無產階級專政的理論是馬克思主義的精髓.

來自辭典例句

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