名詞 paragon:

1. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
   同義詞：idol, perfection, beau ideal
2. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
   同義詞：ideal, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch

1. Harriet was an extremely pretty girl of seventeen, not in the least brilliant, but with pleasing, unassuming manners, and a gratifying habit of looking up to Emma as a paragon.
   哈里特是附近寄宿學校學生，住在校長家里。她年方十七，相貌出眾，雖然資質低下，但舉止行為卻討人喜歡，毫不做作，又習慣于把愛瑪奉為楷模，所以挺稱人心意。
2. A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
   完美無比的人或物無比杰出的人或物; 完人
3. I make no claim to be a paragon.
   我決不認為自己是完人。
4. She is a paragon of virtue.
   她是美德的典范。

par.a.gon

n.（名詞）
A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example:
典型，模范：一類中杰出或完美的模式；無可匹敵的范例：
例句：
a paragon of virtue.
美德的典范

An unflawed diamond weighing at least 00 carats.
無瑕鉆石：至少重00克拉的無瑕鉆石
A very large spherical pearl.
大珍珠：一顆很大的圓形珍珠
Printing A type size of 20 points.
【印刷術】 20點活字
v.tr.（及物動詞）
par.a.goned,par.a.gon.ing,par.a.gons
To compare; parallel.
把…作比較；相比
To equal; match.
比得上；匹敵

來源：
Obsolete French
已廢法語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Old Italian paragone
源自 古意大利語 paragone
from paragonare [to test on a touchstone]
源自 paragonare [用試金石檢驗]
perhaps from Greek parakonan [to sharpen]
可能源自 希臘語 parakonan [使…變尖]
para- [alongside] * see para-
para- [旁邊] *參見 para-
akonô [whetstone] * see ak-
akonô [磨刀石] *參見 ak-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>paragon,nonesuch,nonpareilThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a person or thing so excellent as to have no equal.:
這些名詞所共有的中心意思是.一個好得沒有可比的人或物.：
例句：
Paris, the paragon of cities;
巴黎是眾多城市的完美典范；

例句：
a suspension bridge that is the nonesuch of beauty and utility;
一座成為美觀和實用典范的吊橋；

例句：
thought her grandchildren were nonpareils.
覺得她的孫子們是無與倫比的人物