pre-eminent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pre-em·i·nent, preeminent /priˈemɪnənt/ adjective IMPORTANTmuch more important, more powerful, or better than any others of its kind 卓越的，杰出的，超群的 his pre-eminent position in society 他在社会上的显要地位 —pre-eminently adverb —pre-eminence noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
pre-eminent• In ArtNouveau the movement, the flow, the rhythm of a design became pre-eminent.• One of these was the forceful Bantam, pre-eminent among the fecund Marshend females.• The source of consensus was to be found in the division of labour, which was the pre-eminent fact of social solidarity.• The central nervous system appears to be the pre-eminent instrument that has been designed for this function in the course of evolution.• It concluded that international matches should be the pre-eminent parameter to fixture programming.• Art is not a race: there are pre-eminent writers and painters, but fashion has a certain hand in this.pre-em·i·nent adjectiveChineseSyllable
much powerful, important, than others more more or Corpus any better
pre-eminent
pre-em‧i‧nent
, preeminent /priˈemənənt, priˈemɪnənt/ adjective
much more important, more powerful, or better than any others of its kind:
his pre-eminent position in society
—pre-eminently adverb
—pre-eminence noun [uncountable]
pre-em‧i‧nent
, preeminent /priˈemənənt, priˈemɪnənt/ adjectivemuch more important, more powerful, or better than any others of its kind:
—pre-eminently adverb
—pre-eminence noun [uncountable]