Outstanding

(adj.) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; 'an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom'; 'a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book'; 'salient traits'; 'a spectacular rise in prices'; 'a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center'; 'a striking resemblance between parent and child' .

(adj.) owed as a debt; 'outstanding bills'; 'the amount still owed'; 'undischarged debts' .

(adj.) distinguished from others in excellence; 'did outstanding work in human relations'; 'an outstanding war record' .

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• The family had left that part a week before; they had called in such trifling debts as were outstanding, discharged them, and left the place by night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Yet it takes no outstanding powers of judgement to wake this distinction. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The outstanding feature of the tank, he said, was that it made mechanical transport independent of the roads. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The outstanding capitalized value of the plant was $814,616,004, the income for the year was nearly $185,000,000, and the people employed were 140,000. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• His whole face sharpened away into nose and chin, and the skin of his cheeks was drawn quite tense over his outstanding bones. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown (the gentleman with whom Rawdon had the outstanding whist account) had been talking about the Colonel just before he came in. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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