late 15c., from Late Latin paradigma "pattern, example," especially in grammar, from Greek paradeigma "pattern, model; precedent, example," from paradeiknynai "exhibit, represent," literally "show side by side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + deiknynai "to show" (cognate with Latin dicere "to show;" see diction). Related: Paradigmatic; paradigmatical.
实用例句
1. a paradigm for students to copy
供学生效法的榜样
来自《权威词典》
2. This episode may serve as a paradigm.
这一插曲可以充作典型例子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Free Software offers a new paradigm for software with many advantages.
自由软件提供了一个具有许多优点的新的软件典型(paradigm).
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4. He had become the paradigm of the successful man.
他已经成为成功人士的典范。
来自辞典例句
5. Elasticity, solubility, inflammability are paradigm cases of dispositions in natural objects.