eminent
英検準1級著名な・高名な
意味
- (地位・身分が)高い;著名な;(業績が)傑作した
例文
He is eminent both as a teacher and writer.
彼は教師としても作家としても著名である。
He is eminent for his great discoveries.
彼はいくつもの大発見で有名だ。
The monument was erected in honor of the eminent philosopher.
その著名な哲学者に敬意を表して記念碑が建てられた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ēminēns, ēminentis, from verb ēmineō (“to project, protrude”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + mineō, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from mānō (“to flow”). Displaced native Old English deal.