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

• Paragon he is a paragon of husband.
  他是个模范丈夫。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
  我可以肯定她是个正直的完人。
• 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。
• The celebrations at her coronation were carefully designed to show off the young queen as the paragon of virtue.
  她的加冕仪式经过了精心的设计，竭力将这位年轻的女王打造成美德的典范。
• He was not a paragon. He would never be perfect.
  他不是完人，永远不可能十全十美。
• The impact is worse, she says, because of France's role as the "paragon" of liberty, equality and fraternity.
  她还说，因为法国一直是自由、平等、博爱的“楷模”，因此此次事件的影响更坏了。
• He was a paragon of honesty and uprightness.
  他是诚实耿直的典范。
• My daughter is a paragon of good behaviour.
  我女儿是良好行为的典范。