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

• Compared with our cousin, he was a paragon of honesty and uprightness.
  与我们的表兄比，他是诚实和正直的典范。
• And who is this paragon of musical sagacity?
  这个对音乐如此敏锐的人是谁？
• 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。
• I do not find him to be absolute a paragon.
  我并没有觉得他是一个十分出色的人。
• I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
  我可以肯定她是个正直的完人。
• 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。
• She is a paragon of virtue.
  她是美德的典范。
• My daughter is a paragon of good behaviour.
  我女儿是良好行为的典范。
• Nor can Tata be hailed as a financial paragon.
  塔塔也不能被誉为金融界的典范。