1(of authority or an office, or someone holding it) superior to all others.

由最高指挥官统帅的盟军部队。

1. 1.1 Strongest, most important, or most powerful.
   最强大的；最重要的；最有力的
   on the racetrack he reigned supreme

   他称雄跑道。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • China would reign supreme in Asia with even Tokyo and Seoul kowtowing to Beijing.
   • Picture the world of the 1980s, a world where Reagan and anti-communist propaganda reigned supreme.
   • Gunpowder reigned supreme until the invention of more powerful substances, notably nitroglycerin and its offshoot, dynamite.
   • The underdogs reigned supreme as stars succumbed to fatigue
   • For 17 years, she reigned supreme in the speed department, and in the time of war, she could be converted into a troopship within 24 hours.
   • My father was born in Laos in 1952, when the monarchy ruled supreme there.
   • Tolerance and a diversity of people reigned supreme here.
   • The door slammed behind her, and absolute silence reigned supreme for several moments.
   • Matt Damon reigned supreme at the box office this weekend.
   • He reins supreme in every genre of entertainment ever.
   • By far the biggest indicator of slowdown of late has been the dip in the value of the dollar that reigned supreme for the past 10 years, as the US enjoyed its longest boom.
   • Daddy was obliterated and the Chief reigned supreme!
   • The dinosaurs reigned supreme for 135 million years, until another comet colliding with Earth took them out.
   • Then, when the attack did come, confusion reigned supreme - and not just in the initial minutes, but for hours, days and years.
   • By the mid-'60s, however, a different type of oppression reigned supreme.
   • In the individual female competition, the Russian school, with its trademark artistry and excellent choreography, again reigned supreme.
   • There are two powers, young man, which reign supreme in human affairs.
   • As long as the belief in progress reigned supreme people could not see this fallacy in the theory of evolution by natural selection.
   • Here, the living characters are largely dispensable whereas the curse rules supreme.
   • In fact, Galen's influence reined supreme over medicine for 15 centuries after his death.
2. 1.2 Very great or intense; extreme.
   很大程度的；极度的
   he was nerving himself for a supreme effort

   他正在鼓励自己做出最大的努力。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The recipient summoned up the strength to write it down, even though it cost a supreme effort.
   • Rochdale's engineers made a supreme effort to help fight the war.
   • Men will compete for the most supreme anecdote, joke, incident, or put down.
   • The players put in a supreme effort and all the mentors and club members can be justly proud of their achievements.
   • Anway, thanks to the supreme efforts of all those involved, it went well, and people seemed to enjoy themselves.
   • It's a mighty piece of work and you should appreciate the supreme effort it's going to take you to get a copy of this because it is truly worth it.
   • Coaches and athletes, some of them interviewed anonymously, say that after one supreme national effort, the hothouse intensity of the Chinese way will not survive the 2008 games.
   • This could be because their problems are all going on inside their heads or they have made a supreme effort to hide their condition.
   • With a supreme effort of will, I manage to look away from the large mirror.
   • The ground was drenched in rain and bombarded by hailstones until it resembled an ice-rink and it took a supreme effort from the ground staff to restrict the time loss to 90 minutes.
   • He worked on productions with supreme confidence and authority.
   • With a supreme effort of will, she forced herself to examine her surroundings through the haze of pain that threatened to pull her back to the shadows she had recently departed.
   • York is one of a small number of English cities of supreme importance precisely because of its heritage.
   • I knew that holding the candy in her plump little hands all that time without unwrapping it represented a supreme effort of the will for my incurably chocoholic daughter.
   • It takes a supreme effort from every player on a team to secure victory.
   • The supreme irony of this is that there was a journalist in that crowd!
   • The court must keep in mind that solicitor-client privilege is both a principle of fundamental justice and a civil right of supreme importance in Canadian law.
   • By a supreme irony, Pentheus is destroyed by the very qualities he denies.
   • I was lucky in that I already knew about half the people there, but it seemed very easy to wander up and talk to the ones I didn't know, primarily because of the supreme efforts of our host and his team of helpers to make us feel at home.
   • I've always found it a matter of supreme irony that she shares my name.

   Synonyms

   extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, extreme, intense, great, phenomenal, rare, surpassing, exceptional, outstanding, incomparable, inimitable, unparalleled, unrivalled, peerless, greatest, utmost, uttermost, maximum
3. 1.3 (of a penalty or sacrifice) involving death.
   （处罚，牺牲）涉及死的
   our comrades who made the supreme sacrifice

   我们作出最大牺牲的同志们。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Their names are engraved in plaques on this monument, as are the names of our Aboriginal men who paid the supreme sacrifice during the Second World War.
   • She was making the supreme sacrifice of her life.
   • Why should his supreme sacrifice for his country be fair game for those who would stoop to destroy the reputation of an American hero for mere political gain?
   • For our sake, they had left their families behind and society should be indebted to such supreme sacrifices, they noted.
   • If that turned out to be the truth, would that give you pause on any case you're handling, with regard to the supreme penalty?
   • What is there to say to the anguished mother who asks why her child's death wasn't important enough to warrant the supreme penalty?
   • Many continued to make the supreme sacrifice in Korea and the Cold War.
   • It is very important because this is one time in the year we all get together to remember those who paid the supreme sacrifice.
   • This is my humble salute to their supreme sacrifice.
   • Only Sir William Wallace demonstrated a single-minded resistance to English rule, for which he paid the supreme penalty in 1305.
   • Today many Western Isles villages are derelict as a result of war losses, including hamlets where some of my relations who made the supreme sacrifice were reared.
   • He was a flying officer before making the supreme sacrifice in June 1944.
   • He takes along two companions - and from their heroic stance, we know, some of them are to make the supreme sacrifice soon.
   • They would want to send more young men and women to make the supreme sacrifice.
   • We want to pay our tribute to those loved ones, those departed individuals who made the supreme sacrifice here on the basis of their opinions about how this thing ought to be handled.
   • The perpetrators of violence are ready for supreme sacrifices.
   • When nations are engaged in deadly strife, it is common for patriots to declare that he who gives his life for defense of his country may be certain of a home in heaven because of having made the supreme sacrifice.
   • I can hear the sound of millions of bodies turning in their graves, having made the supreme sacrifice so we could enjoy freedom and democracy.
   • What drives them to leave behind all the pleasures of a settled life and make the supreme sacrifice for the nation without even the slightest of hesitations?
   • Numerous reporters across the world have paid the supreme sacrifice for either trying to seek the truth or telling the facts.

   Synonyms

   final, last, ultimate
4. 1.4postpositive Used to indicate that someone or something is very good at or well known for a specified activity.
   （因某一活动）著名的（人，物）；高超的
   here was the gift supreme

   Synonyms

   very good, superb, outstanding, magnificent, of high quality, of the highest quality, of the highest standard, exceptional, marvellous, wonderful, sublime, perfect, eminent, pre-eminent, matchless, peerless, first-rate, first-class, superior, superlative, splendid, admirable, worthy, sterling, fine

1A rich cream sauce.

1. 1.1 A dish served in a supreme sauce.
   浇有奶油沙司的菜肴
   chicken supreme

   浇有奶油沙司的鸡肉。