paramount

paramount
adjective
  1. more important than anything else; supreme
    最重要的;至高无上的
    the interests of the child are of paramount importance.
    最重要的是孩子的权益。
    ■[attrib.]having supreme power
    拥有至高无上权利的
    a paramount chief.
    主宰一切的首领。
派生
paramountcy
noun
paramountly
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'highest in jurisdiction' in the phrases lord paramount and paramount chief): from Anglo-Norman French paramont, from Old French par 'by' + amont 'above'
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