Paramount
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 最重要的, 最高权力的
- [英] adj. 最重要的, 最高权力的 ( supreme; dominant)
- [类] painful : agonizing / important : paramount ( 程度: 疼痛 -> 极为疼痛 / 重要 -> 极为重要)
- [记] para ( 超过) +amount ( 数量) -> 在量上超过别的 -> 最重要的_
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. adjective
- Etymology: Anglo-French paramont, from par by (from Latin per) + amunt above, from a to (from Latin ad) + munt mountain — more at for, at, mount
- Date: 1531
- superior to all others ; supreme <a matter of paramount importance>
- Synonyms: see dominant
- ? paramountcy noun
- ? paramountly adverb
II. noun
- Date: 1616
- a supreme ruler