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发音：[priˈemɪnənt]
例句：
- “Preeminent” is a fancy word that means something or someone is the absolute best or most important in a particular category. It’s like saying they’re at the very top, ahead of everyone else. For example, Socrates was a preeminent philosopher in ancient Greece. This means he was the absolute best and most important philosopher of his time, and his ideas and thinking were highly respected and influential.
- The merger of Disney and 21st Century Fox, with their abundant creative content and established talent, has established a preeminent global entertainment company, well-suited to lead in a highly dynamic and transformative era.
- In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, NBC Olympics President Jim Bell emphasized that broadcasting the Games live across all time zones is a strategy to adapt to changing viewer habits while also underscoring television’s preeminent role in coverage.
- In June, as an illustration, scholars and researchers globally, along with the preeminent journals Science and Nature, united by temporarily suspending their work for a day, sending a clear message of protest against racism within their community.
- Vox Media has declared its intention to purchase Hot Pod, the preeminent publication in the podcasting industry, originally established by Nicholas Quah in 2014.
解释：
- Preeminent这个单词做形容使用，其表示“having paramount rank, dignity, or importance”这一含义，即“优秀的/卓越的/首要的/极其重要的/出类拔萃的”，与outstanding /prestigious /eminent /supreme /dominant等单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- In its annual year-in-review, Spotify has disclosed the results, which come as no shock: Drake, recognized as the Earth’s preeminent golden boy, secured the position of the most-streamed artist of the year with an impressive total of approximately 1.8 billion streams.（在其年度回顾中，Spotify披露了结果，这并不令人震惊：德雷克被公认为地球上最杰出的金童，他以令人震撼的约为18亿次播放流量，获得了年度流媒体最多艺术家的位置。）
–Technology - Back in 2006, I was present at a lecture during which the preeminent evolutionary biologist, Richard Levins, expressed that his scientific endeavors commence with the inquiry of how science can benefit the younger generation.（早在2006年，我参加了一次讲座，杰出的进化生物学家理查德·莱文斯在讲座中表示，他的科学努力始于对科学如何使年轻一代受益的探究。）
–Science - According to NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, who plays a role in overseeing the world’s preeminent ‘hoops’ league, over one billion viewers tuned in to National Basketball Association programming last year.（根据NBA副专员马克·塔图姆的说法，他负责监督世界上杰出的“篮球”联盟，去年有超过十亿观众收看了美国国家篮球协会的节目。）
–Sports - Meanwhile, in the category of larger tablets, where the new iPad Air 2 is positioned, Apple’s preeminent position remains largely unchallenged, except for occasional rivalry from Samsung.（与此同时，在新款iPad Air 2定位的大型平板电脑类别中，苹果的卓越地位基本上没有受到挑战，除了偶尔与三星竞争。）
–Business - The book’s material, ordered chronologically, focuses on Steve Jobs’s inner thoughts, philosophies and mantras more than his business decisions or how he became one of the preeminent corporate leaders of his time.（这本书的材料按时间顺序排列，更多地关注乔布斯的内心思想、哲学和口头禅，而不是他的商业决策或他如何成为他那个时代杰出的企业领导者之一。）
–Arts and Culture
