the respect and value that somebody/something has because of their social position, or what they have done synonym status威信;声望;威望 personal prestige 个人声望 There is a lot of prestige attached to owning a car like this. 拥有这样一部汽车会显得很气派。 jobs with low prestige 地位低微的工作
Extra ExamplesDoctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals. 接二连三的丑闻使医生名誉扫地。 Lavish hospitality allows the host to gain prestige. 盛情的款待使主人获得声望。 Owning landed property confers prestige. 拥有地产给人以声望。 The couple's prestige was damaged by the allegations. 这对夫妇的威信因这些指控而受损。 The post carried great prestige within the police force. 这个职位在警察系统内很受尊重。 Wearing designer clothes is a matter of personal prestige for many teenagers. 穿名牌服装对许多青少年来说是关乎个人身分的大事。 Winning the prize carries immense prestige. 获奖带来很高的声望。 an international company that enjoys immense prestige 声名显赫的跨国公司 The first prize is the prestige of having your painting exhibited at a top London gallery. 一等奖是你的画在伦敦顶级画廊展出的声望。 The jobs are accorded different levels of prestige. 这些工作被赋予了不同的社会地位。 These games are seen by many as a means of winning status and prestige among their peers. 这些游戏被许多人视为在同龄人中赢得地位和威望的一种手段。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- enormous
- great
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- enjoy
- have
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- prestige among
- prestige with
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- a loss of prestige
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamour’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamour’, at first depreciatory.