• n. 模范；完美之物；優秀之人
• adj. 完美的
• n. (Paragon)人名；(法)帕拉貢

來自意大利語paragone,磨刀石，試金石，來自para-,在旁，在周圍，-ag,尖的，磨，來自PIE*ak,尖的，鋒利的，詞源同acid,acrid.引申詞義典范，完人，圣人。

paragon

paragon: [16] When we say someone is a ‘paragon of virtue’ – a perfect example of virtue, able to stand comparison with any other – we are unconsciously using the long-dead metaphor of ‘sharpening’ them against others. The word comes via archaic French paragon and Italian paragone from medieval Greek parakónē ‘sharpening stone, whetstone’. Thīs was a derivative of parakonan, a compound verb formed from pará ‘alongside’ and akonan ‘sharpen’ (a descendant of the same base, *ak- ‘be pointed’, as produced English acid, acute, etc), which as well as meaning literally ‘sharpen against’ was also used figuratively for ‘compare’.
=> acid, acute, eager, oxygen

paragon (n.)

1540s, from Middle French paragon "a model, pattern of excellence" (15c., Modern French parangon), from Italian paragone, originally "touchstone to test gold" (early 14c.), from paragonare "to test on a touchstone, compare," from Greek parakonan "to sharpen, whet," from para- "on the side" (see para- (1)) + akone "whetstone," from PIE root *ak- "sharp, pointed" (see acrid).

1. He was not a paragon. He would never be perfect.

他不是完人，永遠不可能十全十美。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I make no claim to be a paragon.

我沒有說過自己是完人。

來自《權威詞典》

3. He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.

他被認為是品德盡善盡美的典范.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Man is the paragon of animals.

人是萬物之靈.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Is Confucius the paragon of Mount Tai?

孔子就是五岳獨尊的泰山 嗎 ?

來自中國文學部分