Supremacy is the state of being on top — holding more power, skill, or control than anyone else in some field. "Naval supremacy", "economic supremacy", "the struggle for supremacy in the party." It is stronger than *dominance* and stronger still than *advantage*: supremacy suggests nobody else is even in the running. The word is uncountable and usually appears with *over* ("supremacy over its rivals") or after words like *air*, *military*, *technological*.

Supremacy supremacy is the state of being on top是那種站在最頂端的狀態— holding more power, skill, or control than anyone else in some field在某個領域裡，權力、能力或掌控力都比其他任何人都強。"Naval supremacy", "economic supremacy", "the struggle for supremacy in the party."像「naval supremacy制海權」、「economic supremacy經濟霸主地位」、「the struggle for supremacy in the party黨內的權力鬥爭」。It is stronger than *dominance*它的語氣比dominance（優勢）更強， and stronger still than *advantage*又比advantage（有利）強更多： supremacy suggests nobody else is even in the running supremacy暗示的是根本沒有其他人有資格競爭。The word is uncountable這個字是不可數名詞， and usually appears with *over*通常會搭配over（「supremacy over its rivals贏過對手的優勢地位」）， or after words like *air*, *military*, *technological*或放在air（制空）、military（軍事）、technological（技術）這類字後面。

Two things worth noticing. First, when it attaches to a group of people rather than to a skill — *white supremacy*, *male supremacy* — it stops being neutral and names a racist or sexist belief system; context does all the work there.

Two things worth noticing有兩件事值得注意。First第一， when it attaches to a group of people rather than to a skill當它接的是一群人而不是一種能力— *white supremacy*, *male supremacy*像white supremacy（白人至上）、male supremacy（男性至上）— it stops being neutral它就不再是中性的字， and names a racist or sexist belief system而是在指一種種族歧視或性別歧視的信念體系； context does all the work there這時候全靠上下文來判斷。

Second, in ordinary sports and business talk it is a favourite of headline writers precisely because it is grand: "Taiwan's supremacy in chipmaking" says more than "Taiwan is good at chips." Stress the second syllable: su-PREM-acy.

Second第二， in ordinary sports and business talk在一般體育或商業的談話裡， it is a favourite of headline writers這是下標題的人很愛用的字， precisely because it is grand正因為它聽起來很有氣勢： "Taiwan's supremacy in chipmaking" says more than "Taiwan is good at chips."「Taiwan's supremacy in chipmaking台灣的晶片霸主地位」聽起來就是比「Taiwan is good at chips台灣很會做晶片」更有份量。Stress the second syllable: su-PREM-acy.重音放在第二音節：su-PREM-acy。