【英语学习】【WOTD】prestigious 释义/词源/示例[通俗易懂]

prestigious adj. [preh-STIH-juss]

享有声望的；声望很高的；<古>魔术的

Definition

1: archaic：of, relating to, or marked by illusion, conjuring, or trickery
1：【古】魔术的，有关魔术的，或表现为魔术的

2: having an illustrious name or reputation: esteemed in general opinion
2：享有声望的，声望很高的：被公众尊敬的

注：illusion：错觉，幻觉，错误的信仰(或观念)；conjuring：魔术，戏法；conjure：变戏法，恳求，以咒文召唤；trickery：诡计，欺骗；illustrious：著名的，杰出的；esteem：尊敬，认为

Did You Know?

You may be surprised to learn that prestigious had more to do with trickery than with respect when it was firs used in the mid-16th century. The earliest (now archiac) meaning of the word as “of, relating to, or marked by illusion, conjuring, or trickery.” Prestigious comes to us from the Latin word praestigiosis, meaning “full of tricks” or “deceitful.” The words prestige and prestigious are related, of course, though not as directly as you might think; they share a Latin ancestor, but they entered English by different course. Prestige, which was borrowed from French in the mid-17th century, initially meant “a conjurer’s trick,” but in the 19th century it developed an extended sense of “blinding or dazzling influence.” That change, in turn, influenced prestigious, which now means simply “illustrious or esteemed.”

词源/词根演化：praestigiosis (“full of tricks”) –> prestigious/prestige

你可能会很诧异地得知prestigious这个词，最初在16世纪使用时，与“魔法”的关系比与“尊敬”的关系更紧密。prestigious最早的（也即古用法，或过时的用法）意思是“关乎魔法的”，来自于拉丁单词praestigiosis（满是花招，或欺骗的）。尽管你可能不会直接地想到，prestige与prestigious也是有关联的；他们拥有共同的先祖，但是经不同的渠道进入到英语中。prestige是17世纪中期从法语中借到英语中的，最初的意思是“魔术师的招数”，但是在19世纪，扩展出了引申意思“巨大的影响”。这个变化随后也影响了prestigious，使其现在仅仅表示“具有声望的，受人尊敬的”。

注：prestige：n./adj. 威望，声望；blinding：使盲的，刺眼的，耀眼的；dazzling：令人眼花缭乱的，耀眼的

Examples

• Carla was overjoyed to receive an acceptance letter from the prestigious university.
  Carla收到那所声名远扬的大学的录取通知书时真是喜出望外。
• “The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has announced 16 finalists for its closely watched SECA [Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art] Art Award for 2019. The awards are the region’s most prestigious recongnition for emerging artists.”
  — Charles Desmarais, The San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Dec. 2018

  三藩市现代艺术馆宣布了2019年SECA艺术奖的最终16位参赛者名单。这个奖项是对该区域新崭露头角的艺术家最具有声望的认可。

  注：finalist：参加决赛者；emerging：新兴的

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