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eminent 音标拼音: ['ɛmənənt] a. 显赫的,杰出的,有名的 显赫的,杰出的,有名的 eminent adj 1: standing above others in quality or position; " people in high places"; " the high priest"; " eminent members of the community" [ synonym: { eminent}, { high}] 2: of imposing height; especially standing out above others; " an eminent peak"; " lofty mountains"; " the soaring spires of the cathedral"; " towering icebergs" [ synonym: { eminent}, { lofty}, { soaring}, { towering}] Eminent \ Em" i* nent\, a. [ L. eminens, - entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out minere ( in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. [' e] minent. Cf. { Menace}.] 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. " A very eminent promontory." -- Evelyn [ 1913 Webster] 2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. [ 1913 Webster] { Right of eminent domain}. ( Law) See under { Domain}. Syn: Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well- known. See { Distinguished}. [ 1913 Webster] 182 Moby Thesaurus words for " eminent": Olympian, a cut above, above, absolute, aerial, aggrandized, ahead, airy, altitudinous, apotheosized, ascendant, ascending, aspiring, august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, awesome, beatified, better, big, bold, canonized, capping, celebrated, chosen, clothed with authority, colossal, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling, deified, dignified, distinguished, dominant, dominating, duly constituted, eclipsing, elevated, emissile, empowered, ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, esteemed, estimable, ethereal, ex officio, exalted, exceeding, excellent, excelling, exceptional, excrescent, excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, famous, finer, glorified, glorious, godlike, governing, grand, great, greater, haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, held in awe, heroic, high, high and mighty, high- pitched, high- reaching, high- set, high- up, higher, honored, illustrious, immortal, immortalized, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, influential, jutting, lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, magnified, majestic, major, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic, monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of choice, of mark, official, one up on, outstanding, outtopping, over, overlooking, overtopping, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating, puissant, ranking, rare, remarkable, rememberable, renowned, reputable, respected, revered, rivaling, ruling, sainted, salient, sanctified, senior, shrined, signal, soaring, special, spiring, steep, striking, sublime, substantial, super, superb, supereminent, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, surpassing, telling, throned, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering, towery, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, unforgettable, uplifted, upper, upreared, weighty, well- known
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