a blue-ribbon + noun
blue-ribbon 一般只作定语,放在 panel、commission、committee、jury 等表示专家团体的名词前,很少单独作表语。
The mayor assembled a blue-ribbon committee to review the city's finances.
市长组建了一个一流的委员会来审查该市的财政。
特选的;一流的
第一流的;[法] 头等的;第一流的
specially selected or chosen for special qualifications
第一流的;[法] 头等的
s. selected or chosen for special qualifications
The mayor appointed a blue-ribbon committee to study traffic problems.
市长任命了一个特别委员会来研究交通问题。
用法提示:blue-ribbon 是形容词,意为“特选的”,修饰 committee。
This restaurant has a blue-ribbon reputation for fresh seafood.
这家餐厅以新鲜海鲜而享有最高声誉。
用法提示:blue-ribbon 作形容词,表示“一流的”,修饰 reputation。
Her blue-ribbon recipe won first place in the baking contest.
她的顶级配方在烘焙比赛中获得第一名。
用法提示:blue-ribbon 修饰 recipe,表达“特选/一流”的意思。
blue-ribbon 一般只作定语,放在 panel、commission、committee、jury 等表示专家团体的名词前,很少单独作表语。
The mayor assembled a blue-ribbon committee to review the city's finances.
市长组建了一个一流的委员会来审查该市的财政。
介词 on 用来引出这个专家组所研究或审议的议题。
She was invited to join a blue-ribbon panel on climate policy.
她受邀加入一个关于气候政策的特选专家小组。
of 后面接该专家组的成员类型,说明由哪些人组成。
The report came from a blue-ribbon panel of economists and lawyers.
这份报告出自一个由经济学家和律师组成的特选专家组。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is a blue-ribbon in the industry.
正确表达She is a blue-ribbon expert in the industry.
blue-ribbon 只作定语形容词,不能当名词用。要表达“一流的人”时必须补出被修饰的名词(如 expert、player),blue-ribbon 只起修饰作用,不能单独充当名词。
grammar · medium
易错句子This team is blue-ribbon.
正确表达This is a blue-ribbon team.
blue-ribbon 是只能作定语的形容词(类似 main、utter),不能放在系动词后作表语。要表达同样的意思,必须把它移到名词前作定语,改成“a blue-ribbon + 名词”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He sat on a blue ribbon panel.
正确表达He sat on a blue-ribbon panel.
blue-ribbon 作定语修饰名词时通常带连字符,是一个整体形容词,意为“一流的、特选的”;不加连字符会被读成 blue(蓝色的)+ ribbon(缎带)两个词,意思完全不同。
多用于股票、公司或投资,指财务稳健、价值高;blue-ribbon 则指经专门挑选、由杰出人士组成的,常见于 blue-ribbon panel(蓝带委员会),一般不用在金融语境。
泛指质量极好,可修饰任何事物;blue-ribbon 更强调“经过挑选、由精英组成”,常搭配委员会、评审团等组织性名词。
语体偏口语,强调水平拔尖;blue-ribbon 更正式,且带有“官方特选”的意味,不能随意互换。
ribbon
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