prestigious
adjective /preˈstɪdʒəs/
/preˈstiːdʒəs/
[usually before noun]- respected and admired as very important or of very high quality
有威望的；声誉高的 - a prestigious award
赫赫有名的奖项 - a highly prestigious university
赫赫有名的大学 - My parents wanted me to go to a more prestigious university.
我父母想让我去一所更有声望的大学。 - the city’s most prestigious and exclusive hotel
这座城市最负盛名的高级酒店 - The Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious events in the racing calendar.
金杯赛是最负盛名的年度赛事之一。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘practising conjuring tricks’): from late Latin praestigiosus, from praestigiae ‘conjuring tricks’. The current sense dates from the early 20th cent. - a prestigious award