eminent
英 ['emɪnənt]
美 ['ɛmɪnənt]
英語の語源
- eminent
- eminent: [15] Someone who is eminent literally ‘stands out’. The word comes from the present participle of Latin ēminēre ‘stand out’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and a verbal element -minēre ‘stand, project’ which occurs also in imminent and prominent and may be related ultimately to Latin mōns ‘mountain’, source of English mount and mountain.
=> imminent, mount, mountain, prominent - eminent (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French éminent "prominent" (13c.) or directly from Latin eminentem (nominative eminens) "standing out, projecting, prominent, high," figuratively "distinguished, distinctive," present participle of eminere "stand out, project; be prominent, be conspicuous," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + minere, related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Eminently. Legal eminent domain recorded from 1738.
例文
- 1. For a decade "X "was the pre- eminent punk band in Los Angeles.
- 10年間、「X」バンドはロサンゼルスで最も優れたパンクバンドだった。a man of eminent good sense
- 極めて賢明な人
dl> - 3.Dickens was pre- eminent among English writers of his day.
- ディケンズは同時期の英国作家の中で最も優れている。
- 4.We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.
- 有名な科学者の訪問を期待しています。
- 5.The order was created in 1902 as a special distinction for eminent men and women.
- この勲位は1902年に設立され、優れた男性と女性に授与された。
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