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prestige

/pre-steezh, -steej/US // prɛˈstiʒ, -ˈstidʒ //UK // (prɛˈstiːʒ) //

威望,声望,威信,威望性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
    • : distinction or reputation attaching to a person or thing and thus possessing a cachet for others or for the public: The new discothèque has great prestige with the jet set.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or showing success, rank, wealth, etc.

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Examples

  • The storytelling tropes of these series soon spread to basically every other country in Scandinavia and, later, Western Europe, because creating a series in the vein of Danish drama was an easy way to become prestige-adjacent.

  • When we look at some of our prestige brands we’ve seen a real acceleration in this area.

  • It signed an exclusive vaccine deal with AstraZeneca that gave the pharmaceutical giant sole rights and no guarantee of low prices—with the less-publicized potential for Oxford to eventually make millions from the deal and win plenty of prestige.

  • At least in more formal settings, we’re told the General American accent sounds smarter, more honest, safer—and that’s because it carries the prestige of social standing.

  • Amazon has been doing more in recent months to attract prestige brands to the platform, recognizing the opportunity to capture a new kind of shopper.

  • The Cup is a prestige project on which he has staked his reputation.

  • Malaysian bought five superjumbo Airbus A380s as much as a matter of prestige as of business logic.

  • Like blood ivory, some see it as a status symbol due to its perceived prestige and ballooned financial value.

  • And I truly believed that you would use your high office and prestige to move America toward racial reconciliation.

  • In short, jazz now possesses a prestige unprecedented in its long history.

  • However, on reaching Spain, the magic of the Emperor's personality soon restored the vigour and prestige of the French arms.

  • In choosing Massna to carry to Paris the tidings of peace, it was not only his prestige and renown which influenced Bonaparte.

  • The man who has seen gains self-confidence and the prestige of his subject when he encounters others who have only heard and read.

  • The motive of this harmless ruse was to bolster up Spanish prestige and thereby avoid bloodshed.

  • In no colony where the value of the white manʼs prestige is appreciated would such a law have been promulgated.