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

• My daughter is a paragon of good behaviour.
  我女儿是良好行为的典范。
• I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
  我可以肯定她是个正直的完人。
• 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。
• She was spoken of as a paragon of virtue.
  人们都说她品德完美无瑕。
• And who is this paragon of musical sagacity?
  这个对音乐如此敏锐的人是谁？
• New York is the paragon of racial concord.
  纽约是种族和谐的典范。
• He was a paragon of honesty and uprightness.
  他是诚实耿直的典范。
• Current young adults have grown up hearing about Mark Zuckerberg ( Facebook) as the paragon of success.
  现在的年轻人听着马克•扎克伯格的故事长大，他被视为成功的典范。
• Foxconn was the paragon of this high-volume, low-cost model.
  富士康是采用这种高产量、低成本模式的典范。
• 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。