喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture supreme as sitting at the very top of a pile, with nothing and no one above it — the single highest point, whether that's the top of a ranking of power or the top of a scale of amount.

可以把 supreme 想成「站在最高處、上面再也沒有別人」：一座由高到低疊起來的塔，它就在最頂端那一格。核心畫面比…更多收起可以把 supreme 想成「站在最高處、上面再也沒有別人」：一座由高到低疊起來的塔，它就在最頂端那一格。核心畫面比較像金字塔的尖頂——不管比的是地位高低，還是程度多寡，它都是那個「再上去就沒有了」的最高點。

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程度上的極致

把「最高點」從地位的塔，搬到分量、程度的刻度尺上：不是誰比誰大，而是這個量已經頂到刻度的最上面，再多就沒有了。

greatest degree · adjective · B2

The greatest possible in amount or degree; as much as there can be.

極大的

最高代價（固定說法）

還是同一個「最高點」，只是用在『代價』上：一個人能付出的最頂、再上去就沒有的那一份，就是性命。

make the supreme sacrifice · adjective · C1

Used in the phrase 'make the supreme sacrifice', meaning to die for your country or for a cause you believe in.

犧牲生命

Also in this word

highest authority · adjective · B2

Having the highest position of power, importance, or rank, above everyone or everything else.

至高的

原始詞典資料9 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。

supremeadj/ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/

  • 1

    Dominant, having power over all others.

    • The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
  • 2

    Greatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost.

    • supreme disgust
    • supreme courage
  • 3

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesSituated at the highest part or point.

supremeverb/ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/

  • 1

    cookingfoodlifestyleTo divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

supremenoun/ˌs(j)uːˈpɹiːm/

  • 1

    The highest point.

  • 2

    cookingfoodlifestyleA pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.

    • Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.
  • 3

    cookingfoodlifestyleA breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.

  • 4

    cookingfoodlifestyleAnything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。