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小词详解 | epitome
epitome 英 [ɪˈpɪtəmi] 美 [ɪˈpɪtəmi]
In many ways Mr Arnault, the first European to rise to the top of the world’s rich lists, is the epitome of how to do business in the old continent.
作为第一个登顶世界富豪榜的欧洲人,阿尔诺在很多方面都是个典型的旧大陆生意人。
——《经济学人》In a sense, running a family business is the epitome of entrepreneurial success, with passing on that business to children the apex of that success.
从某种意义上说,经营家族企业是创业成功的典范,而将企业传给子女则是这一成功的顶点。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 完美体现某一特定品质或类型的人或事物
杰克是个典型的老油条。说到请假歇班,他什么花招都想得出。
Jack is the epitome of sophistication. When it comes to getting off work, he knows all the dodges.即使现在已经年届花甲,她仍堪称法式优雅的典范。她总是打扮得干净利落。
Even now in her sixties, she is the epitome of French elegance. She always looks immaculate.
He hated Ellen O'Hara above anyone else, for she was the epitome of all that he hated in Southerners.
他最恨爱伦·奥哈拉,因为她是他所恨的那些南方人的典型。
personification: a figure intended to represent an abstract quality embodiment: a tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling quintessence: the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class