| 单词 | prominence |
| 释义 | prominence (once / 1208 pages) n Prominence has to do with importance. If a band becomes famous, they've come into prominence. Prominence is a type of importance: if you put a statue in the middle of a room, you're giving it a place of prominence. In movies, music, and sports, the most successful people have great prominence — they're prominent or famous. Anything that juts out or sticks out has prominence. Whether prominence comes from being widely known or just being hard to miss, you can't really ignore anything or anybody that has achieved prominence. WORD FAMILYprominence: prominences+/prominent: prominence, prominently USAGE EXAMPLESHapp among others during the team’s return to prominence under Hurdle. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) But Mr. Nixon also showed how to post successes by using the visibility and prominence of his office. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) A price is paid for early prominence; in many cases, the winners are the ones who wait. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1n the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent Ant|Hypo|Hyper obscurity an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known glare, limelight, public eye, spotlight a focus of public attention salience, saliency, strikingnessthe state of being salient conspicuousnessthe state of being conspicuous profile, visibilitydegree of exposure to public notice standing social or financial or professional status or reputation 2n relative importance Hyper importance the quality of being important and worthy of note 3n something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings he stood on the rocky prominence Syn|Hypo|Hyper bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling frontal eminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberanceprominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone bellya part that bulges deeply caputa headlike protuberance on an organ or structure mogula bump on a ski slope nub, nubblea small lump or protuberance snaga sharp protuberance wartany small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
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