paragon

英 [ˈpærəɡən]

美 [ˈpærəɡɑːn]

n.  完人; 典范

复数：paragons　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18984 / COCA.19134

牛津词典

noun

• 完人；典范
  a person who is perfect or who is a perfect example of a particular good quality
  1. I make no claim to be a paragon.
     我没有说过自己是完人。
  2. He wasn't the paragon of virtue she had expected.
     他不是她想象中的那种美德典范。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 杰出典范；尽善尽美的人；完人
  If you refer to someone as aparagon, you mean that they are perfect or have a lot of a good quality.
  1. We don't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue.
     我们不指望候选人在道德上尽善尽美。
  2. ...a paragon of neatness, efficiency and reliability...
     整洁、高效和可靠的典范
  3. He was not a paragon. He would never be perfect.
     他不是完人，永远不可能十全十美。

英英释义

noun

• an ideal instance
  Synonym:idolperfectionbeau ideal
• model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  Synonym:idealnonpareilsaintapotheosisnonesuchnonsuch

双语例句

• Man is the paragon of animals.
  人是动物中的模。
• We don't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue.
  我们不指望候选人在道德上尽善尽美。
• Master has set an excellent paragon for us in giving unconditional love to all beings in the universe.
  师父已为我们树立了一个对所有众生付出无条件爱心的完美典范。
• He was a paragon of honesty and uprightness.
  他是诚实耿直的典范。
• The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
  但是，由我看来，这尘垢的精华又算得什么？
• To his boosters, Mr Spitzer is a paragon among prosecutors: diligent, imaginative and incorruptible.
  在斯皮策的拥护者看来，他是检察官中的典范&工作勤奋、富有想像力而且清廉。
• She was spoken of as a paragon of virtue.
  人们都说她品德完美无瑕。
• I do not pretend for a second that I have suddenly become a paragon.
  我并不是假装自己突然之间变成了一个模范。
• New York is the paragon of racial concord.
  纽约是种族和谐的典范。
• My daughter is a paragon of good behaviour.
  我女儿是良好行为的典范。