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单词 the brightest
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the brightest
(b) In the superlative, used as noun with the and plural agreement, as the brightest. The brightest people; those people who are most clever or talented. Frequently paired with best (see best n.1 1).
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1786 H. More Florio 71 And Carter taught the female train, The deeply wise are never vain; And she who Shakespeare's wrongs redrest, Prov'd that the brightest are the best.
1884 Nonconformist & Independent 23 Oct. 1030/2 Of course the desire is to have only the brightest in our colleges.
1969 A. Bennett Forty Years On i. 44 It's just going to be like the last one [sc. the last war], taking all the brightest and best.
2013 Independent 14 Jan. 16/3 We want the brightest and best to make careers in our universities.
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