nonpareil

英 [,nɒnpə'reɪl] 美 [,nɑnpə'rɛl]
  • n. 无可匹敌的人;极品
  • adj. 无比的
GRE
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nonpareil 无与伦比的人

来自法语,non-,无,非,par,对等,相等,词源同pair,peer.比喻用法。

nonpareil
nonpareil: see pair
nonpareil (adj.)
late 15c., "having no equal," from Middle French nonpareil "unequalled, peerless," from non- "not" (see non-) + pareil "equal." The noun meaning "an unequaled person or thing" is from 1590s; first applied to a kind of candy 1690s. As the name of a printing type (6 point size) it is attested from 1640s.
1. Studies on the micropropagation of 5 cultivars of almond, Bulgaria 1, Nonpareil , Fritz, Prize and Neplus, was conducted with node explants.
对5个引进的美国扁桃品种Bulgaria1 、 Nonpareil 、 Fritz 、 Prize和Neplus的 微繁殖进行了研究.

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2. We may have to agree that the noble Lord is not precisely a nonpareil as a departmental minister.
我们也许只能一致认定:这位高贵的勋爵作为一位大臣不一定算得全善全美。

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3. We may have to agree that the noble Lord a nonpareil as a departmental minister.
我们也许只能一致认定:这位高贵的勋爵作为一位大臣不一定算得全善全美.

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