providing a good example for people to copy 典范的;可作榜样的;可作楷模的 - [usually before noun] (
law or formal)法律 (of punishment )惩罚 severe; used especially as a warning to others 严厉的;儆戒性的;惩戒性的 - exemplary of somebody/something (formal)
typical of its kind; illustrating a general rule 典范的;可作榜样的;可作楷模的 She is exemplary of the new generation of film-makers. 她是新一代电影制作人的典范。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin exemplaris, from Latin exemplum ‘sample, imitation’, from eximere ‘take out’, from ex- ‘out’ + emere ‘take’.