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词汇 excellence
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Definition of excellence in English:

excellence

noun ˈɛks(ə)l(ə)nsˈɛks(ə)ləns
mass noun
  • 1The quality of being outstanding or extremely good.

    优秀;卓越;杰出

    awards for excellence

    优秀奖。

    a centre of academic excellence

    一个学术成就卓著的中心。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The old spoils system was replaced by professionalism and academic excellence.
    • As partial academics they are unable to sponsor, promote or foster academic excellence.
    • It is envisaged as a fully accessible cultural building and a centre for excellence in innovation.
    • The vision is to be a centre of agricultural excellence for the North of England.
    • The engineering excellence is reflected in the car's impressive technical specification.
    • The school has also won a string of awards for sporting and academic excellence.
    • He proved instrumental in providing a centre of basketball excellence based at Whalley Range High School.
    • Hemingway is also chairman of Building for Life which promotes excellence in the design quality of new housing.
    • Veteran artiste, Sheela, has bagged the special jury award for excellence in acting.
    • There are also awards for excellence in Literary and Drama, and community work.
    • King's College Hospital is acknowledged as a centre for excellence in diabetes research.
    • Aviation experts at Gosport have won a top national award for engineering excellence.
    • Of course, they must still be seen as centres of academic excellence and the source of quality graduates.
    • Both schools earned deserved reputations as centres of educational excellence.
    • Chicago became an international centre for excellence in all matters relating to money.
    • Such a move would further strengthen York's rising role as a centre of horseracing excellence.
    • These collaborations provide contact with expertise and academic excellence.
    • Its recommendations include language training and centres of vocational excellence.
    • Are there real rewards for excellence in academic areas other than research, for instance?
    • Centres of excellence for food and drink manufacturers could be set up in Yorkshire as part of a new national academy.
    Synonyms
    distinction, quality, high quality, superiority, brilliance, greatness, merit, calibre, eminence, pre-eminence, supremacy, peerlessness, transcendence, value, worth
    skill, talent, genius, virtuosity, accomplishment, expertness, mastery, prowess, ability
    rare supereminence
    1. 1.1archaic count noun An outstanding feature or quality.
      〈古〉优点;美德
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Certainly not in either of Pynchon's subsequent novels, Vineland and Mason & Dixon, each of which has its many excellences, but neither of which anyone is planning to take with them to the moon.
      • What we need instead is a richer, more truthful account of human nature, one that comprehends the excellences and passions, the joys and miseries, of being the only animal who knows, loves, and thinks about death.
      • The problem, then, is to find some way to measure a student's potential that still leaves administrators enough leeway to ensure that campus life benefits from a rich variety of excellences and life experiences.
      • For the nurse, virtues and excellences are those habits that affirm and promote the values of human dignity, well-being, respect, health, independence, and other values central to nursing.
      • A life full of ethical and intellectual excellences and activity according to those excellences does not suffice for happiness if pleasure is insufficiently present, or if too much pain is present.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin excellentia, from the verb excellere 'surpass' (see excel).

Definition of excellence in US English:

excellence

nounˈeks(ə)lənsˈɛks(ə)ləns
  • 1The quality of being outstanding or extremely good.

    优秀;卓越;杰出

    a center of academic excellence

    一个学术成就卓著的中心。

    the award for excellence in engineering
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Veteran artiste, Sheela, has bagged the special jury award for excellence in acting.
    • The vision is to be a centre of agricultural excellence for the North of England.
    • There are also awards for excellence in Literary and Drama, and community work.
    • Centres of excellence for food and drink manufacturers could be set up in Yorkshire as part of a new national academy.
    • Both schools earned deserved reputations as centres of educational excellence.
    • Such a move would further strengthen York's rising role as a centre of horseracing excellence.
    • King's College Hospital is acknowledged as a centre for excellence in diabetes research.
    • The old spoils system was replaced by professionalism and academic excellence.
    • Of course, they must still be seen as centres of academic excellence and the source of quality graduates.
    • These collaborations provide contact with expertise and academic excellence.
    • The school has also won a string of awards for sporting and academic excellence.
    • Are there real rewards for excellence in academic areas other than research, for instance?
    • He proved instrumental in providing a centre of basketball excellence based at Whalley Range High School.
    • The engineering excellence is reflected in the car's impressive technical specification.
    • Its recommendations include language training and centres of vocational excellence.
    • Hemingway is also chairman of Building for Life which promotes excellence in the design quality of new housing.
    • Aviation experts at Gosport have won a top national award for engineering excellence.
    • As partial academics they are unable to sponsor, promote or foster academic excellence.
    • Chicago became an international centre for excellence in all matters relating to money.
    • It is envisaged as a fully accessible cultural building and a centre for excellence in innovation.
    Synonyms
    distinction, quality, high quality, superiority, brilliance, greatness, merit, calibre, eminence, pre-eminence, supremacy, peerlessness, transcendence, value, worth
    1. 1.1archaic An outstanding feature or quality.
      〈古〉优点;美德
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The problem, then, is to find some way to measure a student's potential that still leaves administrators enough leeway to ensure that campus life benefits from a rich variety of excellences and life experiences.
      • What we need instead is a richer, more truthful account of human nature, one that comprehends the excellences and passions, the joys and miseries, of being the only animal who knows, loves, and thinks about death.
      • Certainly not in either of Pynchon's subsequent novels, Vineland and Mason & Dixon, each of which has its many excellences, but neither of which anyone is planning to take with them to the moon.
      • A life full of ethical and intellectual excellences and activity according to those excellences does not suffice for happiness if pleasure is insufficiently present, or if too much pain is present.
      • For the nurse, virtues and excellences are those habits that affirm and promote the values of human dignity, well-being, respect, health, independence, and other values central to nursing.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin excellentia, from the verb excellere ‘surpass’ (see excel).

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