paramount

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n. 首长, 最高当局 a. 最重要的, 最高的, 至上的

发音

UK /ˈpæɹəmaʊnt/
其它
US /ˈpæɹəˌmaʊnt/
US /ˈpɛɹəˌmaʊnt/

词形变化

paramounts 复数 paramounts

教材释义与例句

名词

最高统治者

形容词

最重要的，主要的；至高无上的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.

  2. 2.

    A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.

    废旧
adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.

    无上

    至高无上

    最高的

  2. 2.

    Of the highest importance.

    至高的

    Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.

  3. 3.

    Of a law, right, etc.: having precedence over or superior to another.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

overriding predominant predominate preponderant

近义相关 1

dominant

相关短语

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词源

PIE word *h₂éd From Anglo-Norman paramont /paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par /per (“by”) + amont /amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).

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