summa cum laude
summa cum laude — 副詞
1. at the very top level of academic achievement for a degree in American higher ed
以最高榮譽
以最高學術榮譽畢業
at the very top level of academic achievement for a degree in American higher education, above magna cum laude and cum laude
Wei Chen graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in computer science.
Wei Chen 以最高榮譽從 UCLA 取得電腦科學學士學位。
postverbal modifier: graduate + summa cum laude + from [university]
Only about two percent of students at the University of Michigan finish summa cum laude each year.
密西根大學每年只有約百分之二的學生能以最高榮譽畢業。
passive: finish + summa cum laude + at [university]
Amina's parents flew from Nairobi to see her graduate summa cum laude from Stanford.
Amina 的父母從奈洛比飛來，看她以最高榮譽從史丹佛大學畢業。
Lin Wei joined Phi Beta Kappa after graduating summa cum laude.
Lin Wei 以最高榮譽畢業後加入了 Phi Beta Kappa 榮譽學會。
Diego finished summa cum laude in chemical engineering, a demanding program at MIT.
Diego 以最高榮譽完成化學工程學位，那是 MIT 難度極高的科系。
文法句型
graduate/finish + summa cum laude
用法筆記
Commonly paired with graduate or finish. Compare with magna cum laude (second-highest) and cum laude (third-highest) — these three levels form the US Latin honors system.
常見錯誤
summa cum laude — 形容詞
1. describing a graduate or a degree that has earned the highest possible academic
最高榮譽的
形容獲得最高學術榮譽的畢業生或學位
describing a graduate or a degree that has earned the highest possible academic honors at a US university
Yuki was one of only twelve summa cum laude graduates in the College of Engineering.
Yuki 是工程學院僅有的十二名最高榮譽畢業生之一。
attributive before noun: summa cum laude + graduate
A summa cum laude degree from Johns Hopkins helped Talia secure a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.
Talia 從約翰霍普金斯大學取得的最高榮譽學位，幫她爭取到美國國家衛生院的研究獎學金。
attributive: summa cum laude + degree + from [university]
Yale Law School offered full-tuition scholarships to all summa cum laude graduates it admitted.
耶魯法學院向所有錄取的最高榮譽畢業生提供全額獎學金。
Imani's summa cum laude transcript from Michigan helped her get a research grant at Harvard.
Imani 從密西根大學取得的最高榮譽成績單，幫助她獲得哈佛大學的研究補助。
- valedictorian
refers to the top-ranked student in a graduating class, rather than a level of honors
文法句型
summa cum laude + noun
用法筆記
Placed before the noun it modifies (e.g., summa cum laude graduate). Not used predicatively — say the student graduated summa cum laude (adverb sense), NOT the student is summa cum laude.
常見錯誤
summa cum laude — 慣用語
1. a Latin phrase used in US universities to mean with the highest possible honor o
至高的讚譽
拉丁文片語，指最高學術殊榮
a Latin phrase used in US universities to mean with the highest possible honor or distinction, above all other recognition levels
The Latin phrase summa cum laude translates literally to with the highest praise.
拉丁片語 summa cum laude 的字面意思是「以最高讚譽」。
phrase used as a subject: summa cum laude + translates to
In US universities, summa cum laude is the top tier of three Latin honors levels.
在美國大學中，summa cum laude 是三種拉丁榮譽中的最高等級。
The University of Texas faculty voted to award Gita's degree summa cum laude, the highest academic honor.
德州大學教職員投票決定授予 Gita 的學位 summa cum laude 的榮譽，這是學術卓越的最高肯定。
文法句型
summa cum laude
用法筆記
This sense treats the phrase as a standalone lexical item or citation form. In actual academic use, summa cum laude functions as either an adverb (graduated summa cum laude) or an attributive adjective (summa cum laude graduate).