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单词 sommité
释义

sommitén.2

/sɒmiˈteɪ/
Etymology: French, lit. ‘summit, top, tip’.
A person of great eminence or influence.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who has influence
substantial1548
men of light and leading1790
big fish1827
big1833
sommité1856
leader1858
baron1876
heavyweight1889
Big Daddy1898
uncrowned king (queen)1917
big boy1921
top gun1941
society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person
genius1749
influence1775
godfather1830
influential1831
influentiality1841
sommité1856
leader1858
Big Daddy1898
macher1911
uncrowned king (queen)1917
1856 Sat. Rev. 19 Apr. 496/1 We observe the name of numerous sommités of the architectural profession.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 27 You shall find all the ‘sommités’ of the press neatly collectionised, in the show-room portfolio.
1900 W. James Let. 2 Apr. (1920) II. 121 We must go in for budding genius, if we seek a European. If an American, we can get a sommité!
1938 A. Huxley Let. 12 Apr. (1969) 434 I thought him [sc. Dr. Gerald Webb] a most remarkable old man, and they all say he's one of the sommités in the matter of TB.
1965 Punch 24 Nov. 752/1 A High Table is an institution; it is not merely a collection of what the French used to call sommités.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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