Over the next twenty years, he became one of the preeminent American goldsmiths--a term that encompassed every phase of the eighteenth-century precious-metals craftsman's art.

此后的20年里，他成为了当时美国最有名的金匠——“当时”指的是整个18世纪的贵金属匠人的所有作品。

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Bombastic boasts - "We are positioned to become the preeminent provider of XYZ" -do not constitute a position.

言过其实的自夸——“我们定位于成为XYZ的卓越供应商”——并不能构建其地位。

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Born in Basra, al-Haytham was a preeminent thinker of his age.

出生于巴士拉的阿·哈什姆是那个时代的思想先驱者。

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We are beings for whom the exercise of the will is a preeminent feature and much of our happiness as human beings depends upon our capacity to exercise our will and our ability for choice.

作为人，意愿的运用是,一种卓越的特性，我们作为人大多数的幸福感,取决于我们运用,意愿和能力来选择。

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The opportunity to pursue advanced education, career growth, entrepreneurial passions and material comfort based on ambition and hard work rather than race, class, or background have not only made the United States a preeminent world power, but a model for nations everywhere and a beacon of hope for generations of people like me.

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It is well known that China has long been striving to emerge as a preeminent economic power.

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Rand of course was both an uncompromising critic of the entitlement state and a preeminent champion of laissez-faire.

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