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- of the highest quality or degree最高的; 最好的：
a superlative piece of skill.
一项最上乘的技能。
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- Grammar (of an adjective or adverb) expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality (e.g. bravest, most fiercely).【语法】（形容词, 副词的）最高级的。与 POSITIVE 和 COMPARATIVE 相对。
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- Grammar a superlative adjective or adverb【语法】形容词（或副词的）最高级。
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- ( the superlative) the highest degree of comparison最高级。
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- usu. superlatives an exaggerated or hyperbolical expression of praise夸大的话, 过分吹捧的言辞：
the critics ran out of superlatives to describe him.
评论家们竭尽溢美之词描述他。
派生词
superlatively
adverb他极其健康。
superlativeness
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French superlatif, -ive, from late Latin superlativus, from Latin superlatus 'carried beyond', past participle of superferre.