showpiece

noun

1. （供展示用的）样品
   an excellent example of sth that people are meant to see and admire

1. N-COUNT (尤指令人惊叹的)样品，典范
   A showpiece is something that is admired because it is the best thing of its type, especially something that is intended to be impressive.
   1. The factory was to be a showpiece of Western investment in the East...
      这家工厂将会成为西方在东方投资的样板。
   2. Wembley is the showpiece stadium in this country.
      温布利球场是该国最具代表性的体育场。

1. The factory was to be a showpiece of Western investment in the East
   这家工厂将会成为西方在东方投资的样板。
2. Wembley is the showpiece stadium in this country.
   温布利球场是该国最具代表性的体育场。
3. Team China failed to qualify for the beautiful game's showpiece event in Brazil.
   中国队还不够资格去参与在巴西举行的这场精彩赛事。
4. The38-year-old, who has guided the Catalan side to the showpiece finale in his debut season in charge, told CNN his side would play to win.
   这位38岁的首次执教西甲的带领加泰罗尼亚人完美挺进冠军杯决赛的主教练告诉CNN，巴塞罗那将战斗并最终赢得胜利。
5. But though he has enjoyed a successful, injury-free campaign for the champions, Park is taking nothing for granted ahead of Wednesday's European showpiece.
   但虽然冠军杯他踢得很成功且没有受伤，朴智星还是没有得到任何上场的保证。
6. They will join the East Asian trio of Korea Republic, Korea DPR and Japan in the Great White North of Canada for next year's global youth showpiece.
   约旦队将和东亚三驾马车，韩国、朝鲜和日本一起参加明年在北半球的巨白世界-加拿大举行的全球青年足球盛会。
7. However, the Spanish international was forced to sit out the Cardiff showpiece due to suspension.
   然而，这位西班牙球员由于禁赛，被迫没能参加加迪夫的足总杯决赛。
8. It manages the thenford arboretum as a business showpiece and a trial ground, which has the added advantage of impressing and teaching its horticultural business clients.
   它管理着thenford植物园，作为业务展品和试验庭院，这就增加了打动并教导其园艺商业客户的优势。
9. Three more including the showpiece "tournament course" were even further along.
   还有3块包括作为样板的“巡回赛场地”进度甚至更快。
10. World leaders started arriving in Washington yesterday for a showpiece summit at which Barack Obama will tackle the terrorist threat with a deal to secure all nuclear materials during the next four years.
    世界各国领导人昨日开始抵达华盛顿参加令人瞩目的核安全峰会。巴拉克奥巴马（BarackObama）在会上将寻求达成一项协议，在今后四年期间保障所有核材料的安全，以对付恐怖主义威胁。
11. President Barack Obama has sealed an important foreign policy victory with the US Senate rallying to support a showpiece arms control treaty with Russia.
    美国参议院批准与俄罗斯签署一项标志性的军控条约，这意味着美国总统巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）在外交政策上取得了一个重大胜利。
12. European football's showpiece game will be played at the London stadium this season.
    “我仍然认为英超联赛是欧洲最强的联赛，”布拉加造访酋长球场之前法国人说。
13. Set on the Big Island's exclusive Kona-Kohala Coast, this showpiece resort captures the essence of Hawaiian design, culture and tradition.
    设置在大岛的专属科纳-科哈拉海岸，这个展品捕捉到夏威夷度假酒店设计，文化和传统的精髓。
14. Now rebranded as the FA Community Shield, the showpiece will feature Arsenal for a third successive year when they face Manchester United in August.
    现在这项赛事已经更名为足总社区盾，八月和曼联的比赛将是阿森纳连续第三年参加这项赛事。
15. Thomas McArthur, from Whittlebury Hall Hotel in Northamptonshire, was "gutted" after his showpiece sculpture collapsed under its own weight. "I'll definitely not be back next year", he said.
    这位沮丧的巧克力大师的作品因为承受不了自身的重量倒塌了，“明年俺不会再来参加了”他说。
16. Araya is the showpiece of Italian staircases.
    阿拉亚堪称意大利楼梯中的精品。
17. Scholars studied on the museum particular emphasis on the functioning of the building in the past, for instance display way of the showpiece, indoor daylighting, streamline, etc.
    以往对博物馆的研究或者侧重于功能方面的研究，如展品的陈列方式、室内采光、流线等等；
18. Compared with other kinds of filter, this showpiece is of many merits: wide filtration range, and high filtration precision, etc.
    此样机与其它过滤器相比具有：过滤幅度大、过滤精度高等特点。
19. Building showpiece network, achieving integrated network management, improving quality and level of service, is a common topic that every telecom company must force.
    打造精品网络，实现综合网管、提高服务质量和水平，是河南各家电信运营企业面临的共同课题。

noun

1. the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

   Synonym:    collector's itempiece de resistance