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/ˈmæstərpiːs/ · /ˈmɑːstəpiːs/
A masterpiece is an extremely good piece of work — a painting, song, book, film, or anything else someone has made — that is considered one of the very best examples of its kind, often the best thing that person ever created.
傑作、代表作
複數 masterpieces
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
masterpiecenoun/ˈmæstɚˌpis/
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A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
- The design, when finally developed, was a slight disappointment to Monsieur Deplis, who had suspected Icarus of being a fortress taken by Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, but he was more than satisfied with the execution of the work, which was acclaimed by all who had the privilege of seeing it as Pincini's masterpiece.
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A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
- Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.
- “‘Man is amazing, but he is not a masterpiece,’ he said, keeping his eyes fixed on the glass case. ‘Perhaps the artist was a little mad. […]’
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A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。