paramount
释义:
paramount
派拉蒙影业公司(英文名称:Paramount Pictures, Inc.,中文简称派拉蒙或派拉蒙公司)成立于1912年5月,是美国电影制片和发行公司,以群星环绕雪山的标志为人所熟知。事实上,用高山来比喻派拉蒙在电影业的地位也是非常恰当的。在创立的最初三十年,这家公司以众多的明星,高质量的影片和遍布全美的连锁影院,一直坐在好莱坞霸主的宝座上。在之后的发展历程中,派拉蒙产出了像《教父》《周末夜狂热》《夺宝奇兵》《阿甘正传》和《变形金刚》等叫好又卖座的绝好电影。从六十年代到九十年代派拉蒙影业公司的实权人物更迭速度很快,不过这并没有影响到公司的影片品质,无论是罗伯特·埃文斯,还是巴里·迪勒,雪莉·兰...
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英语
词源
原始印欧语词 |
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*h₂éd |
源自盎格鲁-诺曼语 paramont、paramount (“至高无上的,卓越的;在上面的”),源自古法语 par、per (“以...的手段”) + amont、amunt (“向上”)。[1]Par派生自拉丁语 per (“以...的手段,通过”),源自原始印欧语 *per- (“穿过;通过”);[2]amont和amunt则源自拉丁语 ad montem (“朝向山;向上”),源自ad (“向上往”)(最终源自原始印欧语 *h₂éd (“在;到”)) + montem(mōns (“山”)的宾格单数,最终源自原始印欧语 *men- (“耸立,矗立”))。[3]
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形容词
paramount(无比较级)
- (常作后置定语) 至高无上的;领先的,领导的
- 近义词: utmost
- 反义词: paravail
- Template:RQ:Bacon Henry 7
- 1834,Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara,卷号2, 页号168:
- Hitherto she had chiefly dwelt on her unkindness and neglect; but absence, like charity, covers a multitude of sins; and the thought now paramount was, that she should see her no more.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- Template:RQ:Allingham China Governess
- 最重要的,最优先的
- 近义词: crucial、imperative;亦参见Thesaurus:important
- 反义词: 参见Thesaurus:insignificant
- Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
- 把这些信用卡还清是最要紧的事。
- (弃用, 指法律等) 优先适用的
- 近义词: 参见Thesaurus:superior
衍生词汇
- lady paramount
- lord paramount
- paramount chief
- paramountcy
- paramountly
- paramountness
- paramountship
- paramount title
名词
paramount(复数 paramounts)
参考资料
- ↑ “paramount, adj., n., and adv.”, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “paramount1, adj.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ↑ 对比“per, prep.”, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “per, prep.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- ↑ 对比“amount, v.”, OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “amount, v.”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
延伸阅读
- paramount (disambiguation)在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 en
- paramount in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- paramount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- OneLook 在线词典 上有关 paramount 的释义