| excellent | adj cemerlang, sangat baik; ( of cook, teacher, carpenter, etc ) sangat mahir, cemerlang; ( ref to so’s ability to use a language ) sangat baik; ( of meal, cooking ) sungguh /lazat, sedap, enak/: his opening speech was ~, ucapan pembukaannya cemerlang; an ~ student, seorang pelajar yg cemerlang; what an ~ idea!, itu gagasan yg cemerlang; the translation he did is ~, terjemahan yg dibuatnya itu sangat baik; she obtained ~ results in the examination, dia memperoleh keputusan yg cemerlang dlm peperiksaan itu; an ~ photographer, seorang jurugambar yg sangat mahir; he speaks ~ Tagalog, dia bertutur dlm bahasa Tagalog yg sangat baik; that was an ~ meal, masakan itu sungguh lazat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| brilliant | his handling of the situation was ~, cara dia mengendalikan keadaan itu bijak; b. (because so., st is unusually excellent) cemerlang: the prosecutor’s ~ argument, hujah cemerlang pendakwa itu; a ~ piece of music, gubahan muzik yg cemerlang; it was a ~ performance, itu suatu persembahan yg cemerlang; a ~ future, masa depan yg cemerlang; 5. (of smile) lebar: he flashed her a ~ smile, dia memberikan senyuman lebar kpd gadis itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| outshine | vt 1. shine brighter than, (bersinar) lebih terang drpd; 2. be better than, lebih cemerlang; (used with “can”, “be able to”, “manage” or when modified by adv) approp v /dgn lebih cemerlang, + n yg lebih cemerlang/ drpd: she outshone the other candidates, dia lebih cemerlang drpd calon-calon lain; he was confident his daughter would be able to ~ them all, dia yakin anaknya dapat menunjukkan persembahan yg lebih cemerlang drpd persembahan mereka or dapat bermain dgn lebih cemerlang drpd mereka. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| breakthrough | n kejayaan /cemerlang, besar/: a ~ in medicine, kejayaan cemerlang dlm bidang perubatan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| excel | vi cemerlang: in order to ~, you will have to practise very hard, utk menjadi cemerlang, kamu mesti berlatih dgn kuat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| distinction | 5. (in examination), (markah) cemerlang: to pass with ~, lulus dgn cemerlang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| flying colours | n; with ~, dgn cemerlang: he passed with ~, dia lulus dgn cemerlang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pre-eminent | adj(fml) cemerlang: he is ~ in the field of medical research, dia cemerlang dlm bidang penyelidikan perubatan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| coup | n 1. brilliant stroke, move, tindakan cemerlang; pull off a ~, bertindak dgn cemerlang; 2. see COUP D’ÉTAT. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| spur | win o’s ~s, menunjukkan kebolehan cemerlang: our team won its ~s in the last game, pasukan kami telah menunjukkan kebolehan cemerlang dlm perlawanan yg lepas; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |