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
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'