| 词组 | paramount |
| 释义 | paramount Paramount is used as a sort of emphatic or superlative version offirst or important; it designates what or who is preeminent or most important. A couple of commentators, Flesch 1964 and Evans 1957, worry about paramount^ being used as a mere synonym of first or important. There seems to be little need for worry, as there is no pattern of disputable use in our files. Flesch also thinks that paramount is pompous. All the same, paramount is available to you, if you need to use it, and should cause no concern. Here are a few typical uses: • ... refused to kowtow to the new paramount Viking chief —John Geipel, The Viking Legacy, 1971 • Honesty was for him so paramount a need that it overrode all considerations of natural and humane decorum —John Bayley, TV. Y. Rev. of Books, 30 Dec. 1971 • ... the paramount, perhaps the only, consideration in preserving the marriage was the children — Joseph P. Lash, McCall's, October 1971 • ... dinner can range from 30 to as many as 250 guests. Under these circumstances, flexibility is paramount —Kristin K. Hubbard, Harper's Bazaar, July 1980 Harper 1985 believes paramount to be an uncompar-able adjective—this bugaboo we discuss at absolute adjectives. |
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