perfection
noun /pəˈfekʃn/
/pərˈfekʃn/
[uncountable, singular]Idioms - the state of being perfect
完善；完美 - physical perfection
体格健全 - The novel achieves a perfection of form that is quite new.
小说的形式新颖完美。 - His performance was perfection (= something perfect).
他的表演真是炉火纯青。 - to perfection The fish was cooked to perfection.
这鱼烹得恰到好处。
- He brought the art of photography to the highest point of perfection.
他使摄影艺术达到了完美的顶峰。 - She sometimes stayed up painting all night in her pursuit of perfection.
为了追求完美，她有时会通宵作画。 - She strives for perfection in everything.
她事事力求完美。 - The building became the model of perfection that architects sought to emulate.
该建筑成为建筑师们竞相模仿的理想典范。 - The cooking was close to perfection.
菜做得近乎完美。 - The dress fitted to perfection.
那条裙子合适极了。 - a dance troupe whose work approaches perfection
表演接近完美的舞蹈团 - We were encouraged to strive for perfection.
我们受到鼓励，争取做到尽善尽美。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- absolute
- pure
- …
- degree
- achieve
- attain
- bring something to
- …
- close to perfection
- to perfection
- towards/toward perfection
- …
- a point of perfection
- a model of perfection
- the pursuit of perfection
- …
- physical perfection
- the act of making something perfect by doing the final improvements
最后加工；完美；圆满 - They have been working on the perfection of the new model.
他们一直在努力完善新型号。 - a sequence of developmental stages towards the perfection of his violin technique
他的小提琴技艺走向完美的连续发展阶段
- They have been working on the perfection of the new model.
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘completeness’): via Old French from Latin perfectio(n-), from perficere ‘to complete’, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’.
Idioms
a counsel of perfection
- (formal) advice that is good but that is difficult or impossible to follow
听上去完美却难以实行的建议