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- (of authority or an office, or someone holding it) superior to all others（权力, 机构, 掌权人）最高的：
a unified force with a supreme commander.
由最高指挥官统帅的盟军部队。
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- strongest, most important, or most powerful最强大的; 最重要的; 最有力的：
on the race track he reigned supreme.
他称雄跑道。
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- very great or intense; extreme很大程度的; 极度的：
he was nerving himself for a supreme effort.
他正在鼓励自己做出最大的努力。
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- (of a penalty or sacrifice) involving death（处罚, 牺牲）涉及死的：
our comrades who made the supreme sacrifice.
我们作出最大牺牲的同志们。
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- postpositive used to indicate that someone or something is very good at or well known for a specified activity（因某一活动）著名的（人, 物）; 高超的：
people expected the marathon runner supreme to win.
人们期待着这位杰出的马拉松选手能赢得冠军。
(亦作suprême)［mass noun］
1- a rich cream sauce奶油沙司。
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- a dish served in such a sauce浇有奶油沙司的菜肴：
chicken supreme.
浇有奶油沙司的鸡肉。
ORIGIN: from French suprême.
短语
the Supreme Being
- a name for God上帝。
派生词
supremely
adverb词源
late 15th cent. （in the sense 'highest'）： from Latin supremus, superlative of superus 'that is above', from super 'above'.