eminent是什么意思

adj. 杰出的；有名的；明显的

英文词源

eminent: eminent: [15] Someone who is eminent literally ‘stands out’. The word comes from the present participle of Latin ēminēre ‘stand out’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and a verbal element -minēre ‘stand, project’ which occurs also in imminent and prominent and may be related ultimately to Latin mōns ‘mountain’, source of English mount and mountain.
=> imminent, mount, mountain, prominent
eminent (adj.): early 15c., from Old French éminent "prominent" (13c.) or directly from Latin eminentem (nominative eminens) "standing out, projecting, prominent, high," figuratively "distinguished, distinctive," present participle of eminere "stand out, project; be prominent, be conspicuous," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + minere, related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Eminently. Legal eminent domain recorded from 1738.

from ex- "out" (see ex-) + minere, related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)).这是鹤立鸡群的感觉。

1. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.: 10年来，“X”乐队一直都是洛杉矶最杰出的朋克乐队。

3. Dickens was pre-eminent among English writers of his day.: 狄更斯在其同时期英国作家中最为出色。

5. The order was created in 1902 as a special distinction for eminent men and women.: 该勋位设立于1902年，作为一项殊荣授予杰出的男性和女性。