luminary

英 [ˈluːmɪnəri]

美 [ˈluːmɪneri]

n.  专家; 权威; 有影响的人物

复数：luminaries　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.21408 / COCA.17353

牛津词典

noun

• 专家；权威；有影响的人物
  a person who is an expert or a great influence in a special area or activity

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 方家；大家；泰斗
  If you refer to someone as aluminary, you mean that they are an expert in a particular subject or activity.
  1. ...the political opinions of such luminaries as Sartre or de Beauvoir.
     诸如萨特、波伏娃等大家的政见

英英释义

noun

• a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
  1. he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
  Synonym:leading lightguiding lightnotablenotability

双语例句

• That luminary gazed earnestly at some papers before him, as if they were of the greatest concern.
  那个大人物一本正经地看起面前的报纸来，仿佛那些报纸是他头等关心的事情。
• What if Andy Warhol, famously laconic art luminary, had decided just once, at the right, liberating yet confidential moment, to give an articulate, self-revealing interview*?
  如果著名的艺术大师、惜字如金的安迪•沃霍尔（ANDYWARHOL）也曾经有那么一次，在一个恰当、释放但秘密的时刻，决定进行一次表述清晰、真情流露的采访，又会如何？
• A luminary from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy was "saddened" by all the former president's historical errors.
  华盛顿近东政策研究所专家则对这位前总统所犯历史错误感到“极度失望”。
• Looking over the damp sod in the direction of the sun, a glistening ripple of gossamer webs was visible to their eyes under the luminary, like the track of moonlight on the sea.
  朝太阳方向的湿润的草地上望去，只见游丝一样的蛛网在太阳下起伏，形成闪亮的细小波浪，好像洒落在海浪中的天上月光。
• The director of the state Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, an art world luminary, often draws a crowd.
  作为艺术界的一位巨匠，这位圣彼得堡冬宫博物馆（statehermitagemuseum）馆长通常都会吸引很多的观众。
• According to the vision features in highway tunnels, this paper discusses the principle and standard of luminary design. Throngh the analysis of luminance curve, an improving method is presented, and a luminance curve after improvement is given.
  结合公路隧道的视觉特点，探讨了照明设计的原则和标准，并通过对照明曲线的分析，提出了改进方法，给出了改进后的照明曲线。
• He is the vanguard and luminary of global instructor of senior leaders.
  全球高级领导者教练领域的先驱与权威者。
• The list of luminary eunuchs also includes Cai Lun ( 60-121), who is revered in China as the inventor of paper.
  杰出的太监名单中还包括蔡伦（60-121），作为造纸术的发明者备受尊敬。
• Though Gates will retire this week, the industry luminary will continue to impose his influence on program developers.
  虽然本周就要退休，盖茨作为行业领袖，还会继续在程序开发方面发挥他的影响。
• The rare-earth strontium aluminate luminous fiber was a new functional fiber which made use of rare earths as the luminary and our country has the independent intellectual property right.
  稀上铝酸锶夜光纤维，是本课题组发明的、利用稀土铝酸锶长余辉发光材料制成的、我国具有自主知识产权的新型功能纤维。