paragon

英 [ˈpærəɡən]

美 [ˈpærəɡɑːn]

n.  完人; 典范

复数：paragons　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18984 / COCA.19134

牛津词典

noun

• 完人；典范
  a person who is perfect or who is a perfect example of a particular good quality
  1. I make no claim to be a paragon.
     我没有说过自己是完人。
  2. He wasn't the paragon of virtue she had expected.
     他不是她想象中的那种美德典范。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 杰出典范；尽善尽美的人；完人
  If you refer to someone as aparagon, you mean that they are perfect or have a lot of a good quality.
  1. We don't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue.
     我们不指望候选人在道德上尽善尽美。
  2. ...a paragon of neatness, efficiency and reliability...
     整洁、高效和可靠的典范
  3. He was not a paragon. He would never be perfect.
     他不是完人，永远不可能十全十美。

英英释义

noun

• an ideal instance
  Synonym:idolperfectionbeau ideal
• model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  Synonym:idealnonpareilsaintapotheosisnonesuchnonsuch

双语例句

• New York is the paragon of racial concord.
  纽约是种族和谐的典范。
• The celebrations at her coronation were carefully designed to show off the young queen as the paragon of virtue.
  她的加冕仪式经过了精心的设计，竭力将这位年轻的女王打造成美德的典范。
• My daughter is a paragon of good behaviour.
  我女儿是良好行为的典范。
• I said," Let's not tell the others. "I was thinking that if Victor, who was ( in my mind) the paragon of self-control, was frightened by this, Quentin would go mad.
  我说，“我们去告诉其他人吧。”我想如果维克托（在我印象中）这样一个自制力的模范生都害怕这个，昆廷会发疯的。
• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.
  他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• Nor can Tata be hailed as a financial paragon.
  塔塔也不能被誉为金融界的典范。
• Besides, this time I've another inducement, as I want to see this fair-haired paragon, my new aunt.
  此外，这一回，对我还另有个引诱力，我要去见见这位美发典范，我的新伯母。
• I do not find him to be absolute a paragon.
  我并没有觉得他是一个十分出色的人。
• And who is this paragon of musical sagacity?
  这个对音乐如此敏锐的人是谁？
• She was spoken of as a paragon of virtue.
  人们都说她品德完美无瑕。