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

• 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；
• His most innovative work has been through various forms of social media, in what might be called a continuing digital version of performance art. ( A book of his blog posts, published in 2011, remains his magnum opus.)
  他最有创意的作品是通过各种形式的社交媒体呈现，可以被称为一种不间断的数码形式的行为艺术（2011年出版的一本关于他的博客帖子的书仍是他的代表作）。
• This magnum opus took ten years to complete.
  这部巨著历时十年始告成。
• Now she has completed what looks to me like her magnum opus.
  现在她已完成在我看来像是她最杰出的作品。
• Coenobite is the magnum opus of Marsh Lewis who lived in England in the late 18th century.
  《修道士》是18世纪末英国著名哥特式小说家马修·刘易斯的代表作。
• "A General Reflection for Political Administration" is a magnum opus in Chinese historiography.
  《资治通鉴》是中国史学上的一部鸿篇巨著。
• The262 volume of Encyclopedia for the five rituals written by Huitian Qin in Qing dynasty is a magnum opus which study the ancient ritual of China.
  清秦蕙田的《五礼通考》262卷，是一部研究中国古代礼学的集大成之作。
• He spent overall twenty years in editing the magnum opus.
  他花了整整二十年编辑那部巨着。
• His nouvelle Red Broomcorn have been looked as the ending of seeking root literature, as well as vital origin and magnum opus of neo-historical novel.
  莫言的中篇小说《红高粱》既被视为寻根文学的终结，也被视为新历史小说的重要起源和代表作品。
• 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。