| 释义 |
ex·cel·len·cy
\-nsē, -si\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia
1. : excellence; usually : outstanding or valuable quality — used chiefly in plural
< noting one another's excellencies and defects >
2. : a person of notable position, dignity, or worth — used in a title or in a mode of address to certain high dignitaries (as a Roman Catholic bishop, a governor of a state, an ambassador, a viceroy) and then usually cap.
< His Excellency the Bishop > |