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 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。
• 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。
• His magnum opus, Anarchy, state and utopia, is praised as one of the most important contemporary politics philosophy works by west thinkers.
  他的代表作&《无政府、国家与乌托邦》被西方思想界誉为当代政治哲学最重要的著作之一。
• 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。
• It is not only the magnum opus in our literary history, and also the important historical data of the study of society and culture in early Qin Dynasty.
  它不仅是我国文学史上的辉煌巨著，同时也是研究先秦时期社会与文化的重要史料。
• Fuller's magnum opus& The Morality of Law has been regarded as the fullest and deepest classic book.
  富勒的代表作&《法律的道德性》是迄今为止最为全面以及最为深刻的法律程序理论著作。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• British writer Graham Greenes The Quiet American is the magnum opus of his political novels.
  格林的《文静的美国人》是他政治小说的代表作。