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. => strict
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.
中文解释
1.《The prestige of death》：一部法国电影，《Le prestige de la mort》，《死亡的声誉》。2. 谐音“颇热使提及”-----非常的热门、大热、非常的火使其经常、不断地被提及。3. pre + stage 讲台，舞台，在讲台、舞台前站着的人→都是有名望的。
实用例句
1. It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.
他在负责处理外交事务的过程中赢得了国际声望。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Their prestige went sky high.
他们名声大噪。
来自柯林斯例句
3. There is a lot of prestige attached to owning a car like this.
拥有这样一部汽车会显得很气派。
来自《权威词典》
4. Their products enjoy ever higher prestige in the world market.
他们的产品在世界市场上享有越来越高的声誉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The contract will affect our national prestige in the world.
