• n. 威望，聲望；聲譽
• n. (Prestige)人名；(英)普雷斯蒂奇

來自法語prestige,欺騙，騙術，幻術，變戲法，來自拉丁語praestigium,幻術，變戲法，來自（異化自）praestringere,使眼花繚亂，使眩暈，來自prae,在前面，stringere,拉，拉繩子，捆綁，詞源同string.該詞原用于形容法國皇帝拿破侖像個街頭玩變戲法的，含貶義和諷刺意味，后隨著越來越多的人崇拜拿破侖，詞義由貶義轉褒義，而原詞義則不再使用。

prestige

prestige: [17] As opponents of semantic change are fond of pointing out, prestige once meant ‘trick, illusion’, and its use until the 19th century was usually derogatory. It comes via French prestige from Latin praestigiae ‘illusions produced by a conjurer or juggler’, an alteration of an unrecorded *praestrigiae. This would have been a derivative of praestringere ‘blindfold’, hence ‘confuse the sight, dazzle’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and stringere ‘bind’ (source of English strict). The modern approbatory meaning appears to have been reintroduced from French.
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prestige (n.)

1650s, "trick," from French prestige (16c.) "deceit, imposture, illusion" (in Modern French, "illusion, magic, glamour"), from Latin praestigium "delusion, illusion" (see prestigious). Derogatory until 19c.; sense of "dazzling influence" first applied 1815, to Napoleon.

1. It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.

他在負責處理外交事務的過程中贏得了國際聲望。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Their prestige went sky high.

他們名聲大噪。

來自柯林斯例句

3. There is a lot of prestige attached to owning a car like this.

擁有這樣一部汽車會顯得很氣派。

來自《權威詞典》

4. Their products enjoy ever higher prestige in the world market.

他們的產品在世界市場上享有越來越高的聲譽.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The contract will affect our national prestige in the world.

這一合同將會影響我國的國際聲望.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》