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

• 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。
• There is little point in doing that when a quick check on the Internet could have set your mind at rest that your magnum opus really was yours.
  如果在互联网上快速搜索一下就可以放心地发现自己的大作的确实至名归，那么那种做法也就没有什么意义了。
• 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）。
• 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。
• The first surge of Tai Xuan study appeared in the era of Three Kingdoms, and facilitated the formation and development of Wei-Jin Metaphysics, with Fan Wang's work on Tai Xuan as the magnum opus.
  汉末三国时期，《太玄》研究形成第一次高潮，推动和促进了魏晋玄学的形成和发展。晋范望《太玄解赞》成为象数学的代表之作。
• Li Lei chinese avant-courier poet present his own magnum opus of poesy – rock-and-roll with photography by Must Be contemporary art center for the first time.
  中国先锋诗人李磊将自己的诗歌代表作–摇滚首次以摄影的方式由玛斯德比当代艺术中心推出。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。