Prestige Preˈstiːʒ Noun Respect Car Important The Admired
The flashcard defines "prestige" as a noun referring to the respect and admiration someone or something receives due to their achievements or position. It can also be used as an adjective to describe things that are admired for being associated with wealth or high social status.
The flashcard defines "prestige" as a noun referring to the respect and admiration someone or something receives due to their achievements or position. It can also be used as an adjective to describe things that are admired for being associated with wealth or high social status.
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]声望;威望;威信 If a person, a country, or an organization has prestige, they are admired and respected because of the position they hold or the things they have achieved.
...efforts to build up the prestige of the United Nations...
为树立联合国的威望所作的努力
It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.
他在负责处理外交事务的过程中赢得了国际声望。
...high prestige jobs.
非常体面的工作
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[ADJ 形容词]气派的;贵重的;令人敬仰的Prestige is used to describe products, places, or activities which people admire because they are associated with being rich or having a high social position.
[ADJ n]
...such prestige cars as Cadillac, Mercedes, Porsche and Jaguar.
像凯迪拉克、奔驰、保时捷和捷豹这样气派的汽车
Oxford
pres·tige/preˈstiːʒ; NAmEpreˈstiːʒ/
noun
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adjective
noun[uncountable ]the respect and admiration that sb/sth has because of their social position, or what they have done 威信;声望;威望SYN
status
◆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adjective[only before noun ]1that brings respect and admiration; important 令人敬仰的;受尊重的;重要的◆a prestige job体面的工作2admired and respected because it looks important and expensive 名贵的;贵重的;讲究派头的SYN
the respect and admiration that someone or something gets because of their success or important position in societyprestige of the prestige of having your work shown at a top London gallery The king wanted to enhance his prestige through war. This little-known British firm has now gained considerable prestige. the personal prestige attached to owning a large property► see thesaurus at
reputation
prestige1 noun
prestige2 adjective
prestigeprestige2 adjective [only before noun]
Examples
Thesaurus
a prestige project, product etc is one of high quality that people respect you for having or being involved in: tiny roles in prestige films a prestige car
WDF
prestige
[preˈsti:ʒ]
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声望(52%),威望(45%),有威信的(2%),名贵的(1%)
n.威望,声望;声誉
n.(Prestige)人名;(英)普雷斯蒂奇
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