quintessence
英 [kwɪn'tes(ə)ns]
美[kwɪn'tɛsns]
- n. 精华；典范；第五元素（被视为地、水、火、风以外之构成宇宙的元素）
词态变化
副词: quintessentially;形容词: quintessential;
中文词源
quintessence 第五要素，精华，精髓
quint-,五，essence,精华，实质。一种古代的物质观，世界由水，火，气，土四种基本要素组 成，而第五要素则是将这四种要素有机组合的最重要因素，但是与这四种要素不同的是，第 五要素是无形的。参照电影《第五要素》。
英英释意
- 1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- 2. the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- 3. the most typical example or representative of a type
英文词源
- quintessence
- quintessence: [15] Just as modern particle physicists search for the ultimate constituent of matter, the common denominator of all known forces, so medieval alchemists tried to find a fifth primary essence, which together with earth, air, fire, and water formed the substance of all heaven and earth. This fifth essence, higher and more ethereal than the other four, was postulated by Aristotle, who called it aithēr ‘either’.
Another Greek term for it was pemptē ousíā ‘fifth essence’, which was translated into medieval Latin as quinta essentia – whence, via French, English quintessence. The metaphorical sense ‘most perfect or characteristic embodiment’ began to emerge in the second half of the 16th century. Other English words based on quintus ‘fifth’, the ordinal form of Latin quinque ‘five’, include quintet [19] and quintuple [16]. - quintessence (n.)
- early 15c., in ancient and medieval philosophy, "pure essence, substance of which the heavenly bodies are composed," literally "fifth essence," from Middle French quinte essence (14c.), from Medieval Latin quinta essentia, from Latin quinta, fem. of quintus "fifth" (see quinque-) + essentia (see Parousia).
A loan-translation of Greek pempte ousia, the "ether" added by Aristotle to the four known elements (water, earth, fire, air) and said to permeate all things. Its extraction was one of the chief goals of alchemy. Sense of "purest essence" (of a situation, character, etc.) is first recorded 1580s.
实用场景例句
- It was the quintessence of an English manor house.
- 那是典型的英式庄园宅第。
牛津词典
- a painting that captures the quintessence of Viennese elegance
- 一幅荟萃维也纳典雅之最的绘画
牛津词典
- He was the quintessential tough guy.
- 他是个典型的硬汉子。
牛津词典
- He was the quintessence of all that Eva most deeply loathed.
- 他是伊娃最深恶痛绝的那种人中的典型。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...an old stone cottage, the quintessence of rural England.
- 一座堪称英格兰乡村风格之典范的石砌农舍
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is the quintessence oftact and politeness.
- 他处世谦恭得体.
期刊摘选
- Deng Xiaoping had a deep understanding of the quintessence of Marxism.
- 邓小平对马克思主义的精髓有着深刻的理解.
期刊摘选
- It keeps and fuses the national spirit and quintessence in national aesthetic consciousness and tradition design.
- 因为它保持和溶合了世代相袭流传下来的民族精神、民族审美意识以及传统图案中的精华.
期刊摘选
- To gaze out onto the above, to behold the quintessence of mind, the elegance of reality.
- 凝视上述展望, 注视思想的精髓和现实的优雅.
期刊摘选
- Peking Opera is the quintessence of Chinese culture!
- 京剧可是我们中国的国粹啊!
期刊摘选
- It concentrates the quintessence of Chinese opera, integrates the modern fashion with the ancient civilization.
- 通过时空的跳越和传统戏曲元素的浓缩, 集中表现了古老文明与现代时尚的完美融合.
期刊摘选
- Jake is the quintessence of good manners.
- 杰克是好礼貌的典?
期刊摘选
- The theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat is the quintessence of Marxism.
- 无产阶级专政的理论是马克思主义的精髓.
辞典例句
- Both the cosmological constant and quintessence fall into the general category of dark energy.
- 不管是宇宙常数还是第五元素,都属于暗能量的?畴.
期刊摘选
- Idiom is the quintessence of a language as well as literary works and poems.
- 习语同文学作品、诗歌一样是语言的精华.
期刊摘选
- But what they are really attacking is the quintessence of Marxism.
- 但是他们所攻击的正是马克思主义的最根本的东西.
期刊摘选
- Art song, a kind of vocal music genre, is the quintessence of Luo Zhongrong's music creation.
- 艺术歌曲这一声乐体裁是罗忠镕音乐创作之精华.
期刊摘选
- Her book captures the quintessence of Renaissance humanism.
- 她的书抓住了文艺复兴时期人文主义的精髓.
期刊摘选
- John is the quintessence of good manners.
- 约翰是礼貌的典范.
《简明英汉词典》
- The moral metaphysics is the ideology quintessence of proficient Mu zongsan in eastern and western philosophy.
- 道德的形上学体系是牟宗三中西哲学会通的思想结晶.
期刊摘选
- Quintessence. You collapse a bit of time into a physical substance.
- 萃取术: 你把一些时间转化成物质.
期刊摘选
- Its ingredients include the quintessence of such precious herbs as ginseng, ginkgo, honeysuckle, herba violae.
- 含人参 、 银杏 、 金银花 、 紫花地丁等多种名贵草本植物精华.
期刊摘选
- This paragraph is the quintessence of the article.
- 这一段是文章的精髓.
期刊摘选
- Therefore, Beijing Declaration is the high generalization for summit meeting and quintessence for international democratization.
- 所以此次《北京宣言》是对峰会的高度总结,是国际民主化的典范.
期刊摘选
- The historic districts adjacent river is the quintessence of ancient urban design and construction in Suzhou.
- 临河历史街区是苏州古代城市设计和建设的精华所在.
期刊摘选
- Beijing opera is the quintessence of Chinese culture.
- 京剧是中华民族的国粹.
期刊摘选
- It was the quintessence of an English manor house.
- 那时典型的英式花园.
期刊摘选
- It was the quintessence of an English manor house.
- 那是典型的英式庄园宅第。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- He was the quintessence of all that Eva most deeply loathed.
- 他是伊娃最深恶痛绝的那种人中的典型。
柯林斯例句