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

• He was a paragon of honesty and uprightness.
  他是诚实耿直的典范。
• I'm afraid Frederick is no paragon of discretion.
  很遗憾弗雷德里克并不是谨慎的模范。
• Man is the paragon of animals.
  人是动物中的模。
• Nor can Tata be hailed as a financial paragon.
  塔塔也不能被誉为金融界的典范。
• A person or thing beyond comparison, a model of excellence, is known as a paragon.
  一个人或物是无与伦比的，即优秀的典范，这不就是“模范、优秀的人或物”吗？很明显“beknownas”前面的主语给出了后面“paragon”的词义。
• It may be that, so placed, you being the noble-minded Paragon that you are would behave unselfishly.
  也许，你是品德高尚的杰出人物，即使得到了那种位置，你会表现得毫不自私。
• My daughter is a paragon of good behaviour.
  我女儿是良好行为的典范。
• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.
  他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• 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。
• There is an angel in the cave, or if not, an earthly paragon.
  山洞里来了天使啦，要不然，也是世间少有的美少女。