词义解析
perfection 的本义是“完成、使完整”,源自拉丁语 perficere(彻底做完)。由此引申出“完美”之意,指事物达到无可挑剔、毫无缺陷的状态。核心义项包括:1. 完美无缺(the state of being perfect),如“追求 perfection”;2. 完善的过程(the act of making perfect),如“the perfection of a technique”;3. 完美的人或物(a person or thing that is perfect),如“She is perfection itself.”。各义项之间由“完成”引申为“完善”,再由“完善”引申为“完美”和“典范”。