paragon
noun /ˈpærəɡən/
/ˈpærəɡɑːn/
- a person who is perfect or who is a perfect example of a particular good quality
完人;典范 - I make no claim to be a paragon.
我没有说过自己是完人。 - He wasn't the paragon of virtue she had expected.
他不是她想象中的那种美德典范。
词源mid 16th cent.: from obsolete French, from Italian paragone ‘touchstone to try good (gold) from bad’, from medieval Greek parakonē ‘whetstone’. - I make no claim to be a paragon.