prestige
/preˈstiːʒ/noun
mass noun
1- widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality声望; 威望, 威信:
he experienced a tremendous increase in prestige following his victory.
胜利以后, 他的声望大增。
1.1
- as modifier denoting something that arouses such respect or admiration引起尊重(或羡慕)的:
prestige diplomatic posts.
令人称羡的外交官职位。
派生词
prestigeful
adjective词源
mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'illusion, conjuring trick'): from French, literally 'illusion, glamour', from late Latin praestigium 'illusion', from Latin praestigiae (plural) 'conjuring tricks'. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense 'dazzling influence, glamour', at first depreciatory.