magnum opus

英 [ˌmæɡnəm ˈəʊpəs]

美 [ˌmæɡnəm ˈoʊpəs]

n.  代表作; 杰作

牛津词典

noun

• 代表作；杰作
  a work of art, music or literature that people think is the best that the artist, etc. has ever produced

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (作家、艺术家、音乐家或学者的)代表作，巨著，杰作
  Amagnum opusis the greatest or most important work produced by a writer, artist, musician, or academic.
  1. ...Gadamer's magnum opus 'Truth and Method'.
     伽达默尔的杰作《真理与方法》

英英释义

noun

• a great work of art or literature

双语例句

• The magnum opus of the former is The Book of Odes, which revealed the freedom and humanize.
  前一阶段以《诗经》为代表，体现了早期自由奔放的人性化文化精神；
• There is little point in doing that when a quick check on the Internet could have set your mind at rest that your magnum opus really was yours.
  如果在互联网上快速搜索一下就可以放心地发现自己的大作的确实至名归，那么那种做法也就没有什么意义了。
• His magnum opus, Anarchy, state and utopia, is praised as one of the most important contemporary politics philosophy works by west thinkers.
  他的代表作&《无政府、国家与乌托邦》被西方思想界誉为当代政治哲学最重要的著作之一。
• Coenobite is the magnum opus of Marsh Lewis who lived in England in the late 18th century.
  《修道士》是18世纪末英国著名哥特式小说家马修·刘易斯的代表作。
• It is not only the magnum opus in our literary history, and also the important historical data of the study of society and culture in early Qin Dynasty.
  它不仅是我国文学史上的辉煌巨著，同时也是研究先秦时期社会与文化的重要史料。
• Now she has completed what looks to me like her magnum opus.
  现在她已完成在我看来像是她最杰出的作品。
• His nouvelle Red Broomcorn have been looked as the ending of seeking root literature, as well as vital origin and magnum opus of neo-historical novel.
  莫言的中篇小说《红高粱》既被视为寻根文学的终结，也被视为新历史小说的重要起源和代表作品。
• As the magnum opus of the naturalism drama, The Weavers of Hauptmann is, from the point of view of the drama and stage, a turn in the theatre history.
  作为自然主义戏剧的代表作，豪普特曼的《织工》从文本和舞台的角度标志着戏剧史的转折。
• This is my magnum opus.
  这是我的伟大作品。
• The first surge of Tai Xuan study appeared in the era of Three Kingdoms, and facilitated the formation and development of Wei-Jin Metaphysics, with Fan Wang's work on Tai Xuan as the magnum opus.
  汉末三国时期，《太玄》研究形成第一次高潮，推动和促进了魏晋玄学的形成和发展。晋范望《太玄解赞》成为象数学的代表之作。