If something is paramount, it is more important than anything else in that situation — it comes first, and the other things wait. Safety is paramount on a building site; a child’s welfare is paramount in a family decision.

If something is paramount如果某件事是paramount，it它 is more important than anything else in that situation比那個情況裡的任何其他事都更重要——it它 comes first排第一，and而 the other things wait其他的事要等。Safety安全 is paramount on a building site在工地上是paramount的；a child's welfare孩子的福祉 is paramount in a family decision在一項家庭決定裡是paramount的。

It is a formal, serious adjective. You put it after is, or before a noun in set phrases (of paramount importance). People do not use it for small everyday choices (“Which snack is paramount?” would sound comic).

It這 is是 a formal, serious adjective一個正式、嚴肅的形容詞。You你 put it after is把它放在is之後，or或 before a noun in set phrases放在固定片語裡名詞之前 (of paramount importance)（of paramount importance）。People人們 do not use it不會用它 for small everyday choices來講日常的小選擇 ("Which snack is paramount?" would sound comic)（「哪個零食是paramount？」聽起來會很好笑）。

Though actually, many students meet the word first as a film-studio name, Paramount, and think it is only a brand. The old French picture behind it is “up by the mountain” — at the top — which is why it came to mean “highest, above the rest.” There is a rare noun use in law and history (a paramount chief, a paramount title), but for learners the adjective “more important than anything else” is the one that matters.

Though actually不過事實上，many students許多學生 meet the word first第一次遇到這個字 as a film-studio name是當作電影公司的名字 Paramount，and而 think it is only a brand就以為它只是一個品牌。The old French picture behind it這個字背後古法語的畫面 is是 "up by the mountain"「在山旁邊、高處」——at the top也就是頂端——which is why這就是為什麼 it它 came to mean後來的意思變成 "highest, above the rest."「最高的、在其他一切之上」。There is有 a rare noun use in law and history在法律和歷史裡一個少見的名詞用法 (a paramount chief, a paramount title)（a paramount chief最高酋長、a paramount title最高頭銜），but但 for learners對學習者來說，the adjective "more important than anything else"「比任何其他事都更重要」這個形容詞意思 is the one that matters才是重要的。