c. 1400, "projection, protuberance;" early 15c., "high or exalted position," from Old French eminence or directly from Latin eminentia "a distinctive feature, conspicuous part," from eminentem (nominative eminens) "standing out, projecting," figuratively, "prominent, distinctive" (see eminent).
As a title of honor (now only of cardinals) it is attested from 1650s. The original éminence grise (French, literally "gray eminence") was Fran?ois Leclerc du Trembley (1577-1638), confidential agent of Richelieu.
雙語例句
1. For those under 40 the pre-eminence of post-war US literature goes unquestioned.
對于那些不到40歲的人來說，戰(zhàn)后的美國文學無疑是最杰出的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His Eminence Cardinal Hume celebrated Mass.
休謨紅衣主教大人主持了彌撒。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Beveridge was a man of great eminence.
貝弗里奇是個非常有名的人。
來自柯林斯例句
4. a man of political eminence
政壇上出類拔萃的人
來自《權威詞典》
5. She was strongly committed to her job, a policewoman by eminence.