| 单词 | renowned |
| 释义 | renowned (once / 868 pages) adj Celebrated, gushed over, and even legendary, something that's renowned is really famous. If you not only find a cure for cancer, but you also go on lots of talk shows so everyone knows who you are, then you'll be a renowned scientist. Renown comes from the Anglo-Norman for "re-name," as in repeatedly name, so something is renowned is something that people are talking about, or naming, over and over. If you are a huge celebrity, people from your home town might boast, "The renowned Madame X was born here." Something renowned is really good, not just famous. Just because you make the cover of a trashy tabloid magazine doesn't mean you're a renowned actress. But if you win an Oscar, you are. WORD FAMILYrenowned USAGE EXAMPLESAnd even George Washington, so renowned for his composure, quivered during his address to the Senate after nervously improvising in his first inauguration. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Dukakis receives her maintenance therapy at McLean Hospital in suburban Boston, one of the world’s largest and most renowned psychiatric hospitals. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Mrs. Dukakis receives her maintenance therapy at McLean Hospital in suburban Boston, one of the world’s largest and most renowned psychiatric hospitals. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) adj widely known and esteemed a renowned painter Syn celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted known apprehended with certainty |
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