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prestige 音标拼音: [prɛst'iʒ] n. 声望,威望,威信 声望,威望,威信 prestige n 1: a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; " he wanted to achieve power and prestige" [ synonym: { prestige}, { prestigiousness}] Prestige \ Pres" tige\ (?; 277), n. [ F., fr. L. praestigum delusion, illusion, praestigae deceptions, jugglers' tricks, prob. fr. prae before the root of stinguere to extinguish, originally, to prick. See { Stick}, v.] 1. Delusion; illusion; trick. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture. -- Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation. " The prestige of his name must go for something." -- Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster] 132 Moby Thesaurus words for " prestige": accomplishment, admiration, adoration, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, ascendancy, authority, awe, breathless adoration, cachet, celebrity, charisma, charm, clout, consequence, consideration, control, courtesy, credit, deanship, deference, deification, dignity, distinction, dominance, domination, duty, effect, eminence, enchantment, esteem, estimation, exaggerated respect, excellence, face, fame, favor, force, glamor, glory, good feeling, great respect, greatness, hero worship, high place, high regard, hold, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, illustriousness, importance, incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality, influentialness, inimitability, insinuation, kudos, lead, leadership, leverage, magnetism, majority, mastery, memorability, moment, notability, noteworthiness, one- upmanship, personality, persuasion, position, potency, power, precedence, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, pressure, primacy, priority, privilege, prominence, purchase, rank, regard, reign, remarkableness, renown, reputation, repute, respect, reverence, reverential regard, right- of- way, rule, salience, say, seniority, significance, skill, standing, stardom, state, station, stature, status, suasion, subtle influence, success, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, sway, transcendence, transcendency, upper hand, veneration, virtuosity, weight, weightiness, whip hand, worship
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