- [uncountable] (formal)
the quality of being famous and respected, especially in a profession （尤指在某专业中）卓越，著名，显赫 a man of political eminence 政坛上出类拔萃的人 Few could have predicted that she would reach eminence as a surgeon. 很少有人能预料到她会成为一名外科医生。
- [countable] His/Your Eminence
a title used in speaking to or about a cardinal (= a priest of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic Church) （天主教中对枢机主教的尊称）最可敬的枢机 - [countable] (old-fashioned or formal)
an area of high ground 高地；山丘 a castle on an eminence overlooking the river 俯瞰河流的高地上的城堡
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin eminentia, from eminere ‘jut, project’.