| 单词 | prestige |
| 释义 | prestige —prestigeful, adj. /pre steezh", -steej"/, n. 1. reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes. 2. distinction or reputation attaching to a person or thing and thus possessing a cachet for others or for the public: The new discothèque has great prestige with the jet set. adj. 3. having or showing success, rank, wealth, etc. [1650-60 for an earlier sense; < F (orig. pl.): deceits, delusions, juggler's tricks < L praestigiae juggler's tricks, var. of PRAESTRIGIAE, deriv. from base of praestringere to blunt (sight or mind), lit., to tie up so as to constrict, equiv. to prae- PRE- + stringere to bind fast; see STRINGENT] Syn. 1. weight, importance. Ant. 1. disrepute. |
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