Esther 以斯帖记10
英语课
1King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores.
2And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia?
3Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent 1 among the Jews, and held in high esteem 2 by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke 3 up for the welfare of all the Jews.
1 preeminent
adj.卓越的，杰出的
- Washington was recognized as the preeminent spokesman of American Negroes by 1895. 到1895年,华盛顿被公认为美国黑人的卓越代言人。
- He is preeminent because his articles are well written. 他的文章写得很漂亮,卓尔不群。