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encomium

/en-koh-mee-uhm/US // ɛnˈkoʊ mi əm //UK // (ɛnˈkəʊmɪəm) //

颂扬,颂词,夸奖,褒奖

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural en·co·mi·ums, en·co·mi·a [en-koh-mee-uh]. /ɛnˈkoʊ mi ə/.

    • : a formal expression of high praise; eulogy: An encomium by the president greeted the returning hero.

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Examples

  • I think he stopped earning that encomium in about the summer of 2000.

  • Roger Ebert gives new meaning to the old encomium: He is comfortable in his own skin.

  • Mr. Ward is a man of great talents—his fame is widespread as an orator and man of learning, and needs no encomium from us.

  • He especially selected for encomium the Ghoorkhas, as bravest where all were brave.

  • The encomium holding good of herself, she refrained from lecturing him on the subject of the vilified Denham.

  • And Paul was sorely puzzled, whether the encomium applied to the defunct or himself.

  • Two pages then ensued with this exclusive encomium, painting him chief in every virtue, and master of every grace.