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

• 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。
• This magnum opus took ten years to complete.
  这部巨著历时十年始告成。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As a magnum opus of Liang Shiqiu, the work Yashe Essays has a very strong fascinating power and its artistry is out of the ordinary, according to its rich materials and a unique field of vision.
  《雅舍小品》作为梁实秋的散文代表作，题材丰富，视角独特，具有很强的艺术性和感染力。
• His magnum opus, Don Quixote de la Mancha, is considered by many to be not only the first modern novel, but also one of the greatest works in Western literature.
  他的巨著《堂吉诃德》被认为是第一部现代小说，也是西方文学中最为重要的作品之一。
• 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；
• Another magnum opus "ancient musical sound spring sound" its draw materials on mountains and rivers, he of hometown, the massif is in picturesque disorder, the full strange stone and spectacular rocky peak of step, seem solid and dangerously steep, simple naturally.
  其另一副力作《古韵泉声》则取材于他家乡的山山水水，山体错落有致，步满奇石怪石，显得坚实险峻，但有质朴自然。
• One of her works Lose City is a typical magnum opus, depainting the large concussion to hongkong people and Englishmen because of the affaire of "lose city", so that Hongkong consciousness achieves its climax.
  其作品《失城》就是典型的代表作，描写了失城这一事件对于港人和英国人带来的巨大冲击，香港意识由此达到高潮。