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

• 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。
• The first surge of Tai Xuan study appeared in the era of Three Kingdoms, and facilitated the formation and development of Wei-Jin Metaphysics, with Fan Wang's work on Tai Xuan as the magnum opus.
  汉末三国时期，《太玄》研究形成第一次高潮，推动和促进了魏晋玄学的形成和发展。晋范望《太玄解赞》成为象数学的代表之作。
• This magnum opus took ten years to complete.
  这部巨著历时十年始告成。
• 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。
• There is little point in doing that when a quick check on the Internet could have set your mind at rest that your magnum opus really was yours.
  如果在互联网上快速搜索一下就可以放心地发现自己的大作的确实至名归，那么那种做法也就没有什么意义了。
• Coenobite is the magnum opus of Marsh Lewis who lived in England in the late 18th century.
  《修道士》是18世纪末英国著名哥特式小说家马修·刘易斯的代表作。
• 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。
• It is a magnum opus painting that takes ox as the theme in Chinese art history.
  五牛图卷是中国美术史上以牛为题材的绘画代表作品。
• Besides, he became the first person to preach the Magnum Opus Guidance to Dzogchen Preliminary Practice-Teachings by Guru Puxian in public on TV.
  在电视上首次公开宣讲整部《大圆满前行引导文-普贤上师言教》等。
• His magnum opus, Anarchy, state and utopia, is praised as one of the most important contemporary politics philosophy works by west thinkers.
  他的代表作&《无政府、国家与乌托邦》被西方思想界誉为当代政治哲学最重要的著作之一。