| 词组 | premier |
| 释义 | premier Gowers in Fowler 1965 and Flesch 1964 object to premier in the sense of "first, foremost," a sense it has had in English since the 15th century. There are no serious grounds for objection to uses like the ones quoted, even if advertisers like to use it hyperbolically at times. • ... and thus Davis was first linked with the statesman whose mantle as the premier champion of states' rights he eventually assumed —Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back, 1980 • ... the nation's premier women's colleges —Diane Ravitch, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 28 Oct. 1984 • ... recognized today as the premier authority in this country on rhododendrons —Stephen Harvey, Scottish Field, July 1975 |
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