repute
noun /rɪˈpjuːt/
/rɪˈpjuːt/
[uncountable] (formal)- the opinion that people have of somebody/something
synonym reputation名誉;名声 - I know him only by repute.
我仅闻到他的名声(未见其人)。 - of (…) repute She is a writer of international repute.
她是一位享有国际声誉的作家。 - My parents were artists of (some) repute (= having a very good reputation).
我的双亲是具有(一定)知名度的艺术家。
词源late Middle English: from Old French reputer or Latin reputare ‘think over’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + putare ‘think’. - I know him only by repute.