paramount
美音:
[´perə´maunt
]英音:
[´perə´maunt
]adj.极为重要的
难易程度:
paramount为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:paramountly 名词:paramountcy
词根
mount=mountain(山),to ascend(上升)
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paramount
/'pærəmaʊnt; `pærə,maunt/
adj (fml 文) having the greatest importance or significance; supreme最重要的; 最重大的; 至上的
*This matter is of paramountimportance. 此事至关重大.
* The reduction of unemployment should be paramount in the government's economic policy. 降低失业率应是政府经济政策的头等大事.
paramount
adj formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Anglo-French;Origin: paramont, from Old French par 'by' + amont 'above']
more important than anything else
During a war the interests of the state are paramount, and those of the individual come last.
Women's role as mothers is of paramount importance to society.
>paramountcyn[U]