Even Josie Pye attained a certain preeminence as the sharpest-tongued young lady in attendance at Queen's.

就连西·伊 (Josie Pye) 也获得了一定的卓越地位，成为出席皇后学院的最犀利的年轻女士。

Lenno, McCartney already started competing for preeminence within the band, a duel fought with lyrics and melodies as weapons of choice.

列侬，麦卡尼已经开始在乐队内部争夺卓越地位，一场以歌词和旋律作为武器的决斗。

Social preeminence in large cities rested almost entirely upon the ownership of land.

大城市的社会优势几乎完全取决于土地所有权。

Those who have attempted to trace the very origin of the Rockefeller preeminence to railroad discrimination have not entirely succeeded.

那些试图将洛克菲勒卓越地位的起源追溯到铁路歧视的人并没有完全成功。

This spirit explains the success of the Carnegie Company in outdistancing all its competitors and gaining a worldwide preeminence for the Pittsburgh district.

这种精神解释了卡内基公司在超越所有竞争对手并为匹兹堡地区赢得全球卓越地位方面取得的成功。

From his sons, he demanded " self-denial and enthusiastic hard work, " first rank in class, careers in the law, and preeminence wherever they went.

他要求儿子们“克己和热情努力”，在课堂上排名第一，从事法律工作，无论他们走到哪里都要出类拔萃。

(2) The scientific outlook is a unique feature of post-Renaissance European society that has contributed heavily to its modern technological preeminence.

(2) 科学观是后文艺复兴时期欧洲社会的征，对其现代技术的卓越地位做出了重大贡献。

Truman could understand Soviet preeminence in a country such as Poland, but neither he nor his administration could accept the total dominance that Stalin imposed on other countries in Central Europe.

杜鲁门可以理解苏联在波兰这样的国家中的卓越地位，但他和他的政府都无法接受斯大林对中欧其他国家的全面统治。

Starting with an engineering job in Australia, followed by another in China, and then by a partnership in the London firm of Bewick, Moreing and Company, Hoover rose to preeminence in his field.

胡佛从澳大利亚的一份工程工作开始，然后在中国工作，然后在伦敦的 Bewick， Moreing and Company 公司担任合伙人，胡佛在他的领域取得了卓越的成就。

He derided Douglas's pious homily on the court's preeminence, pointing out that Douglas himself had defied the court's ruling on the Bank of the United States by applauding President Jackson's refusal to abide by its decision.

他嘲笑道格拉斯对最高法院的卓越地位的虔诚讲道，指出道格拉斯本人无视法院对美国银行的裁决，称赞杰克逊总统拒绝遵守其决定。

The decision of China's leaders, when that was the most advanced nation in the world, to seal off their country from the rest of the world, forfeited China's preeminence in the centuries that followed.

当中国还是世界上最先进的国家时，中国领导人决定将自己的国家与世界其他国家隔离，这使得中国在接下来的几个世纪里丧失了领先地位。