N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a luminary, you mean that they are an expert in a particular subject or activity. 方家; 大师; 泰斗 [文学性]
...the political opinions of such luminaries as Sartre or de Beauvoir.
...诸如萨特、波伏娃等大家的政见。
Rubin, the daughter of a window cleaner and housewife from New Jersey, already had experience in writing about an Italian luminary from centuries past.
鲁宾，一个新泽西的擦窗工人兼家庭主妇的女儿，在写作方面已小有经验，她曾写过一本关于几个世纪前的一位意大利大师的书。
The luminary was a golden-haired, beaming, mild-eyed, God-like creature, gazing down in the vigour and intentness of youth upon an earth that was brimming with interest for him.
这个发光的物体就是一个生灵，长着金色的头发，目光柔和，神采飞扬，好像上帝一样，身上充满了青春的活力，正目不转睛地注视着大地，仿佛大地上满是他感到有趣的事物。
And on the inner wall close to the courtyard actually what you see are some glittering tiles, thats what we call the luminary wall. Each lit rectangle tells about Chinese-American who has been important in American or world history.
VOA: special.2010.03.03
"He is a luminary who is revered by people around the world, and his name turns up again and again in homegrown terrorism cases,".
VOA: standard.2009.11.10
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