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prestige

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pres·tige1 /preˈstiːʒ/ ●○○ noun [uncountableU]
REPUTATIONthe respect and admiration that someone or something gets because of their success or important position in society 威望，聲望，威信
prestige of
the prestige of having your work shown at a top London gallery
有作品在倫敦頂級美術館展覽的榮譽
The king wanted to enhance his prestige through war.
國王想通過戰爭來提高自己的威信。
This little-known British firm has now gained considerable prestige.
這家名不見經傳的英國公司如今已經聲名鵲起。
the personal prestige attached to owning a large property
擁有大房子所帶來的體面
► see thesaurus at reputation
Examples from the Corpus
prestige• In the second place, hypercorrection often involves imitating what is thought to be prestige language.• Hosting the Olympic Games would add to our country's international prestige.• Are these professors really more substantially more knowledgeable, there, is there substantially more prestige attached to this?• Over a million square feet of prestige industrial and commercial premises under construction or being planned.• One after the other the towers of prestige and glamour were falling to him.• The Olympic prestige attached to his sport made it impossible for him to walk away.• Becoming a film star confers status, power, prestige and wealth.• Many are worried the current scandal could damage the mayor's prestige.• The teaching profession has lost the prestige it had in former times.• The objects of competition varied: the traditional ones were territory, wealth, prestige and the power which these gave.• But secondly, it is once more a means by which prestige and honour can be maintained.
enhance ... prestige• Law professor Derek Bell has even argued that black intellectuals disavow militants in order to enhance their prestige with whites.• The sums that will pass through them ought surely to enhance their prestige, and at a symbolic time.
prestige2 adjectiveadj [only before noun]
a prestige project, product etc is one of high quality that people respect you for having or being involved in 有氣派的，體面的
5tiny roles in prestige firms
大公司裏的小職位
ntiny roles in prestige films
a prestige car
名車
Examples from the Corpus
prestige• champagne, caviar, truffles and other prestige goods• There are always prestige neighbourhoods where only the wealthy or successful can afford to live.
From Longman Business Dictionary
prestigepres·tige /preˈstiːʒ/ noun [uncountableU]
the respect and importance a person, organization, profession, or product has because of their success and high quality
The bank lost both money and prestige as a result of the transaction.
Revlon launched a comprehensive marketing program for its prestige brands.
Origin prestige
(1600-1700) French “deceiving or magic tricks, prestige”, from Latin praestigiae “magic tricks”, from praestringere “to tie up, cover the eyes of”

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