s greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
常见例句
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a competitor who holds a preeminent position n
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ruler of a kingdom n a competitor who holds a preeminent position n a very wealthy or powerful businessman n preeminence in a particular category or group or field n United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) n United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) n United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) n a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward n one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king n (chess) the weakest but the most important piece