| 单词 | excellence |
| 释义 | ex·cel·lence 1. 2. 3. Synonyms: < spoke of the rude health of their children as if it were a result of moral excellence; in a peculiar tone which seemed to imply some contempt for people whose children were liable to be unwell at times — Joseph Conrad > < excellences achieved with the sure touch of craftsmanship — Saturday Review > merit, often contrasted with demerit in critical estimates, may refer broadly to any good, commendable, worthy, or valuable quality or feature < the result might have been a permanent aristocracy, possessing the merits and defects of the Spartans — Bertrand Russell > < the merits and defects of Cowper's version — Matthew Arnold > < the subject of my choice has the merit of universal appeal — R.W.Chapman > virtue may apply to a peculiar or distinctive power, strength, or efficacy, to a characteristic indicating moral goodness, or to some conspicuous character merit < flexibility and adaptation are the cardinal virtues of successful aging — George Lawton > < the fine balance with which Johnson weighed and sustained his judgments of human flaws and virtues — H.V.Gregory > < define as virtues those mental and physical habits which tend to produce a good community, and as vices those that tend to produce a bad one — Bertrand Russell > perfection suggests attainment to faultlessness, to the highest excellence < the effort to make such windows was never repeated. Their jeweled perfection did not suit the scale of the vast churches of the thirteenth century — Henry Adams > < defective as they are in every branch of knowledge, and in every other species of refinement, it seems wonderful that they should arrive at such perfection in the dance — William Cowper > |
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