magnum opus

英 [ˌmæɡnəm ˈəʊpəs]

美 [ˌmæɡnəm ˈoʊpəs]

n.  代表作; 杰作

牛津词典

noun

• 代表作；杰作
  a work of art, music or literature that people think is the best that the artist, etc. has ever produced

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (作家、艺术家、音乐家或学者的)代表作，巨著，杰作
  Amagnum opusis the greatest or most important work produced by a writer, artist, musician, or academic.
  1. ...Gadamer's magnum opus 'Truth and Method'.
     伽达默尔的杰作《真理与方法》

英英释义

noun

• a great work of art or literature

双语例句

• A great novelist or non-fiction writer who dies at28 may not have yet produced her or his magnum opus.
  如果一位伟大的小说家或非虚构作家在28岁去世，那他或她可能还没有写出自己的代表作。
• Fuller's magnum opus& The Morality of Law has been regarded as the fullest and deepest classic book.
  富勒的代表作&《法律的道德性》是迄今为止最为全面以及最为深刻的法律程序理论著作。
• Now she has completed what looks to me like her magnum opus.
  现在她已完成在我看来像是她最杰出的作品。
• Li Lei chinese avant-courier poet present his own magnum opus of poesy – rock-and-roll with photography by Must Be contemporary art center for the first time.
  中国先锋诗人李磊将自己的诗歌代表作–摇滚首次以摄影的方式由玛斯德比当代艺术中心推出。
• The Glass Menagerie is also a typical magnum opus of expressionism.
  此外，《玻璃动物园》也是表现主义的经典作品。
• It is not only the magnum opus in our literary history, and also the important historical data of the study of society and culture in early Qin Dynasty.
  它不仅是我国文学史上的辉煌巨著，同时也是研究先秦时期社会与文化的重要史料。
• The magnum opus of the former is The Book of Odes, which revealed the freedom and humanize.
  前一阶段以《诗经》为代表，体现了早期自由奔放的人性化文化精神；
• Karl Marx's magnum opus "The Capital" includes abundant ideas of human capital.
  马克思的巨著《资本论》中的有关理论包涵着丰富的人力资本思想。
• This magnum opus took ten years to complete.
  这部巨著历时十年始告成。
• The262 volume of Encyclopedia for the five rituals written by Huitian Qin in Qing dynasty is a magnum opus which study the ancient ritual of China.
  清秦蕙田的《五礼通考》262卷，是一部研究中国古代礼学的集大成之作。