pre-eminent
adjective /ˌpriː ˈemɪnənt/
/ˌpriː ˈemɪnənt/
(formal)- more important, more successful or of a higher standard than others
杰出的；出类拔萃的；卓越的 - a pre-eminent example of the artist’s work
这位艺术家杰出的代表作 - 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。
Collocations DictionaryPre-eminent is used with these nouns:- position
词源late Middle English: from Latin praeeminent- ‘towering above, excelling’, from the verb praeeminere, from prae ‘before’ + eminere ‘stand out’. - a pre-eminent example of the artist’s work