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paragon

/par-uh-gon, -guhn/US // ˈpær əˌgɒn, -gən //UK // (ˈpærəɡən) //

准则,准则性,准则性的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence: a paragon of virtue.
    • : someone of exceptional merit: Just who is this paragon whose name is on everyone's lips?
    • : Printing. a 20-point type.
    • : an unusually large, round pearl.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Rare. to compare; parallel.
    • : Archaic. to be a match for; rival.
    • : Obsolete. to surpass.
    • : Obsolete. to regard as a paragon.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounoutstanding example

Examples

  • First by posing as the paragon of Israeli security, then by sufficiently polarizing Israeli society to sabotage coalition negotiations being undertaken by his various rivals.

  • It is going to “ruin” college sports, as if the enterprise is a paragon of purity.

  • As with so many self-professed paragons of strategy and masculinity, the man who advertised himself routinely as “virile, vigorous and potent” was most famous for underperforming.

  • Plenty of liberal-leaning shows aren’t paragons of truth either, but they haven’t been banned.

  • The 151-year-old sport of college football has never been a paragon of parity, but its imbalance might be growing more imbalanced.

  • The Ralph Retort, a paragon of ethical journalism websites, decided to make crowdsourcing stuff to discredit me into a project.

  • Paragon of virtue Oliver North called for charges to be filed against Warner Brothers Music.

  • While Bacall seems like a paragon of cool confidence in the final product, she was a nervous wreck on set.

  • The man who holds ABC/ESPN's wacky goulash of World Cup punditry together strikes viewers as a paragon of congeniality.

  • He was a paragon of masculinity—a tall, dark, and impossibly handsome enigma.

  • Presently I enquired when she proposed to introduce this paragon to the person responsible for him.

  • I recall the case of a gentleman whose reputation was that of a paragon of all the virtues.

  • Olga, a paragon of maids, if references and experience count, showed no signs of the wear and tear of previous mistresses.

  • Alice Turner was engaged also, and certainly very much in love if she considered the young man a paragon.

  • Then he thought bitterly upon that paragon of perfection who had caused his banishment.