excellence
n
1 [U] ~ (in/at sth) quality of being excellent; great merit 优秀; 卓越; 杰出
a prize for excellence in furniture design 家具设计优秀奖
known for excellence in/at all forms of sport 因精於各项体育运动而知名.
2 [C] (fml 文) thing or quality in which a person excels 优点; 长处
They do not recognize her many excellences. 他们无视她的各种长处.
Between 1850 and 1910 the bison population is thought to have fallen from 60 million to just a few hundred.
人们认为,在1850年到1910年之间,野牛的头数从6,000万头降到只有几百头了。
As quickly as they could, the men ran to th steps and up into the open, many of them with their clothes on fire.
工人们尽快朝楼梯跑去,爬上楼梯跑出舱外,其中好多人衣服已经着火了。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.