quintessence
发音
英 [kwɪnˈtesns]
美 [kwɪnˈtesns]
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- n.
- 典范
- 完美典型
- 精华
- 精髓
单词词源
quintessence 第五要素，精华，精髓
quint-,五，essence,精华，实质。一种古代的物质观，世界由水，火，气，土四种基本要素组 成，而第五要素则是将这四种要素有机组合的最重要因素，但是与这四种要素不同的是，第 五要素是无形的。参照电影《第五要素》。
双语例句
- 1. If men are indeed trying to regain the quintessence of their sex , then barbershops fit the bill .
- 如果男性真的想找回男子汉的精髓，男士理发店是个合适的选择。
- 2. Quintessence , the british publishers , later decided that " books " worked better than " novels " in the title .
- 精华，英国的出版商们，最终决定在标题上用“书”比“小说”更好。
- 3. Are the ancient sage 's teachings to be praised as the quintessence of chinese-ness , or rejected ( ...... ) as the ideological foundation of centuries of " feudal " rule ?
- 这位圣人的教义是应该被赞美为中国的精髓呢，还是被作为数个世纪“封建”统治的意识形态基础而被抛弃呢？
- 4. The new edition of alexander solzhenitsyn 's epic novel , " in the first circle " ( harper perennial , $ 18 ) , captures better than any other work of fiction the quintessence of communist rule at its stalinist peak : all-pervasive , paranoid , oppressive , incompetent , lethal .
- alexandersolzhenitsyn的新版历史小说“第一轮”（harperperennial，$18），比其他任何一本书都更好地描述了共产主义统治在斯大林巅峰期的精髓：无处不在的、多疑的、压抑的、无能的、以及毁灭性。
- 5. Right here , right now , sitting on a butcher-block table , bathed in the sunlight that pours in through spyproof frosted-glass windows , is -- repeat after steve jobs now -- the quintessence of computational coolness , the most fabulous desktop machine that you or anyone anywhere has ever seen .
- 此时此地，端坐在一张方桌上、沐浴在透过防窥毛玻璃倾泻而下的加州阳光中的，是用史蒂夫乔布斯的话说计算的精华，迄今为止你或任何人都未曾见过的最难以置信的台式电脑。