prestigious

Word family

REPUTATIONadmired as one of the best and most important 有威望的，有声望的，有威信的

a prestigious literary award

享有盛名的文学奖

a highly prestigious university

赫赫有名的大学

Examples from the Corpus

prestigious• The other awards, featured on page 15, may be more prestigious but they certainly won't be more hotly contested.• The anxiously awaited invitations to the prestigious end-of-year dance began to arrive.• Serious contenders for the prestigious individual all-around gold medal title could number as many as 10.• I am a partner in one of Cleveland's oldest and most prestigious law firms.• Women are attaining powerful and prestigious managerial positions.• Was it prestigious or trashy to be a disco diva?• The simpler forms are designed for less prestigious or valuable property.• Key Publishing, who produce FlyPast, added a sum of £500 to go with the prestigious trophy and the associated publicity.• One of the most prestigious universities in the country is looking for a new president.

highly prestigious• The private practice was never very large but it was highly prestigious.

From Longman Business Dictionary

prestigiouspres·ti·gious /preˈstɪdʒəs-ˈstiː-, -ˈstɪ-/ adjectiveadj

admired as one of the best and most important of its kind

an opportunity to work for one of the world’s most prestigious companies

The RIBA Gold Medal is considered to be the world 's most prestigious award for architecture.

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7170 COCA: 6451

prestigious

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB

VERBS

➤be有威信

ADVERB

➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常有威信

▸➤highly享有盛譽

◇She won a highly prestigious award.她贏得了極負盛名的大獎。

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7170 COCA: 6451

prestigious verb
⇨ great 2

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7170 COCA: 6451

prestigious