英语单词 | renowned |
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英美音标 | 英 [rɪ'naʊnd] 美 [rɪ'naʊnd] |
中文释义 | adj.有名的;有声誉的 |
英语例句 | (1) The Emperor is a renowned patron of learning. (2) I've invited a renowned calligrapher to write an inscription for my restaurant. |
中文例句 | (1) 这位皇帝是一位有名的崇尚学术的君王。 (2) 我请了一位有名的书法家为我的饭店题额。 |
vocabulary简明 | Celebrated, gushed over, and even legendary, something that's renowned is really famous. If you not only find a cure for cancer, but you also go on lots of talk shows so everyone knows who you are, then you'll be a renowned scientist. |
vocabulary扩展 | Renown comes from the Anglo-Norman for "re-name," as in repeatedly name, so something is renowned is something that people are talking about, or naming, over and over. If you are a huge celebrity, people from your home town might boast, "The renowned Madame X was born here." Something renowned is really good, not just famous. Just because you make the cover of a trashy tabloid magazine doesn't mean you're a renowned actress. But if you win an Oscar, you are. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有名的;有声望的 A person or place that is renowned for something, usually something good, is well known because of it. [oft ADJ
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