c. 1400, "projection, protuberance;" early 15c., "high or exalted position," from Old French eminence or directly from Latin eminentia "a distinctive feature, conspicuous part," from eminentem (nominative eminens) "standing out, projecting," figuratively, "prominent, distinctive" (see eminent).
As a title of honor (now only of cardinals) it is attested from 1650s. The original Éminence grise (French, literally "gray eminence") was François Leclerc du Trembley (1577-1638), confidential agent of Richelieu.
双语例句
1. For those under 40 the pre-eminence of post-war US literature goes unquestioned.
对于那些不到40岁的人来说，战后的美国文学无疑是最杰出的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. His Eminence Cardinal Hume celebrated Mass.
休谟红衣主教大人主持了弥撒。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Beveridge was a man of great eminence.
贝弗里奇是个非常有名的人。
来自柯林斯例句
4. a man of political eminence
政坛上出类拔萃的人
来自《权威词典》
5. She was strongly committed to her job, a policewoman by eminence.