cynosure

英 ['sɪnəzjʊə(r)] 美 ['sɪnəʃʊr]

• n. 注意的焦点；指引物
• Cynosure.
• n. 北极星

英英释义

Noun:

1. something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners);

   "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"
   

2. something that strongly attracts attention and admiration;

   "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her mind delighted itself with scenes of luxury and refinement, situations in which she was the cynosure of all eyes, the arbiter of all fates.
   她又自得其乐地想象各种豪华风雅的场面，在这些场面里她是人们目光的焦点，主宰命运的女神。

经典引文

• For the guidance of our either caution or liberty..the onely Cynosure is our Charity.

  出自： Joseph Hall

近反义词

【近义词】

• highlight 强调
• centre 中心
• heroine 女英雄