excellent

adjective

/ˈeksələnt/

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extremely good优秀的；杰出的；极好的
- an excellent book/article一本好书/文章
- excellent results/work出色的成果/工作
- The meal looked and tasted excellent.这顿饭看起来很美味。
- Both the food and the service were truly excellent. 食物和服务都很棒。
- The performances of the cast are uniformly excellent throughout.演员表的表现始终都非常出色。
- She has done an excellent job of adapting the novel for the screen.她在将小说改编成银幕方面做得非常出色。
- It is an excellent example of how a farm can work in harmony with nature.这是农场如何与自然和谐相处的一个很好的例子。
- The party provided an excellent opportunity to meet new people.该党提供了一个结识新朋友的绝好机会。
- The apartment is in excellent condition and is ready to move into.该公寓状况良好，可以搬入。
- excellent at something He was great at sport and excellent at art.他擅长运动，擅长艺术。
- excellent at doing something Our staff are excellent at advising small businesses.我们的员工擅长为小型企业提供建议。
- excellent for something The experience was excellent for students' self-confidence.这次经历非常有助于学生的自信心。
- excellent for doing something Ferns are excellent for planting in shady parts of the garden.蕨类植物非常适合在花园的阴凉处种植。
see also xlnt
Synonyms excellent
excellent
- outstanding
- perfect
- superb
These words all describe something that is extremely good.
- excellent extremely good. 指优秀的、杰出的、极好的Excellent is used especially about standards of service or of something that somebody has worked to produce: The rooms are excellent value at $20 a night. • He speaks excellent English. Excellent is also used to show that you are very pleased about something or that you approve of something: You can all come? Excellent!
- outstanding extremely good. 指优秀的、杰出的、极好的Outstanding is used especially about how well somebody does something or how good somebody is at something: an outstanding achievement
- perfect so good that it could not be better. Perfect is used especially about conditions or how suitable something is for a purpose: Conditions were perfect for walking. • She came up with the perfect excuse.
- superb (informal) extremely good or impressive:指极佳的、卓越的、出色的：
  The facilities at the hotel are superb.旅馆的设施棒极了。
Patterns
- a(n) excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb job/performance
- a(n) excellent/outstanding/superb achievement
- really/absolutely/quite excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb
Extra Examples
- an excellent meal一顿美味佳肴
- She speaks excellent French.她法语说得好极了。
- At $400 the bike is excellent value.这辆自行车 300 美元太合算了。
- (informal) It was absolutely excellent.这简直太好了。
- In an otherwise excellent issue, I found Creed's article very unconvincing.我觉得除了克里德的文章非常缺乏说服力外，这一期杂志其他地方都很出色。
- The school is considered excellent.这所学校被认为很优秀。
- These potatoes are excellent for baking.这些土豆适合烘烤。
- You can get an excellent view of the town from the balcony.您可以从阳台上欣赏城镇的美景。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- look
- …
adverb
- most
- really
- truly
- …
preposition
- at
- for
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used to show that you are very pleased about something or that you approve of something（用以表示愉快或赞同）好极了，妙极了
- You can all come? Excellent!你们都能来？太好了！
- it is excellent to do something It's excellent to see so many people at today's event!很高兴在今天的活动中看到这么多人！

Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘outstanding’ in either a good or bad way): from Old French, from Latin excellent- ‘being pre-eminent’, from excellere ‘surpass’, from ex- ‘out, beyond’ + celsus ‘lofty’. The current appreciatory sense dates from the early 17th cent.