Pre-eminence is the noun: the state of standing clearly above the others — more important, more powerful, or simply better at that thing than anyone else in the group.

Pre-eminence is the noun是名詞，state of standing clearly above the others指明顯站在其他人之上的狀態——than anyone else in the group比團體裡任何人都more important更重要、more powerful更有力量，or simply better at that thing或只是在那件事上更厲害。

We use it for a country, a company, a team, a school of thought, or a person in a field (“her pre-eminence as a pianist”).

We use it for我們會用在a country國家、a company公司、a team團隊、a school of thought學派，or a person in a field或某個領域裡的人身上（例如「her pre-eminence as a pianist」她身為鋼琴家的卓越地位）。

It is formal, a little old-fashioned; in ordinary talk people more often say the lead, the top spot, or being the best. British writing often keeps the hyphen (pre-eminence); American writing often drops it (preeminence).

It is formal, a little old-fashioned這個字正式、有點老派；in ordinary talk people more often say平常講話比較常說the lead領先、the top spot頂尖位置，or being the best或最厲害。British writing英式寫法often keeps the hyphen常保留連字號（pre-eminence）；American writing美式寫法often drops it常拿掉（preeminence）。

Though actually, eminence on its own already means high standing — and in the Catholic Church “His Eminence” is a title for a cardinal, which is a different use and can sit beside this word in a confusing way.

Though actually不過其實，eminence on its own already means high standing eminence這個字單獨用就已經是「崇高地位」的意思——and in the Catholic Church而且在天主教會裡，「His Eminence」（樞機主教的尊稱）is a title for a cardinal是給樞機主教的頭銜，which is a different use這是不同的用法，and can sit beside this word in a confusing way常會跟這個字搞混。