paragon

Compared meaning: a perfect standard or example (noun).

比较义项：完美的标准或典范（名词）。

• ideal

  Ideal names an abstract standard or principle of perfection that people aim for, such as an ideal of justice; it does not refer to an actual person or object.

  ideal 指人们所追求的抽象的完美标准或原则，例如正义的理想；它并不指某个具体的人或事物。

  Equality and justice were the ideals that guided her whole political career.

  平等与正义是指引她整个政治生涯的理想。

• paragon 本词

  Paragon names an actual person or thing held up as a flawless example of some quality, usually in the phrase 'a paragon of X'; it is more formal and literary.

  paragon 指被当作某种品质完美典范的具体的人或事物，常用于“a paragon of X”的说法，语气更正式、更书面。

  Their grandmother was a paragon of patience, never once raising her voice at the children.

  他们的祖母是耐心的典范，对孩子们从未提高过嗓门。

Ideal and paragon both mean a perfect standard. Ideal is an abstract standard people aim for, not a real person. Paragon is a real person or thing seen as a flawless example; it is formal and literary. Not covered: ideal as in 'an ideal place'.

这两个词都可译为“典范”，但 ideal 指人们追求的抽象的完美标准或理想，本身并不指某个人；paragon 指被认为体现某种美德的具体的人或事物，常与 of 连用，语气更正式、更书面。这里不比较 ideal 作形容词表示“理想的、完美的”（如 an ideal place）的用法。