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

• He was a paragon of honesty and uprightness.
  他是诚实耿直的典范。
• And who is this paragon of musical sagacity?
  这个对音乐如此敏锐的人是谁？
• New York is the paragon of racial concord.
  纽约是种族和谐的典范。
• 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。
• 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。
• My daughter is a paragon of good behaviour.
  我女儿是良好行为的典范。
• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.
  他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• Paragon he is a paragon of husband.
  他是个模范丈夫。
• Nor can Tata be hailed as a financial paragon.
  塔塔也不能被誉为金融界的典范。
• I do not pretend for a second that I have suddenly become a paragon.
  我并不是假装自己突然之间变成了一个模范。