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单词 magnum opus
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magnum opus

/ˌmaɡnəm ˈəʊpəs / /ˈɒpəs /
noun (plural magnum opuses or magna opera /ˌmaɡnə ˈəʊpərə/ /ˈɒpərə/)
A work of art, music, or literature that is regarded as the most important or best work that an artist, composer, or writer has produced.The comic version may well turn out to be the writer Alan Moore's magnum opus....
  • A central theme of his poetry, as well as of his magnum opus, the novel Doctor Zhivago, is man's destiny in revolutionary times.
  • On the eve of the First World War, having completed his magnum opus Principia Mathematica on which he had toiled for 10 years, Russell was at a loose end.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Latin, 'great work'.

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