| 单词 | fame |
| 释义 | fame I. 1. a. < ought to … inquire into her former and present fame — John Chamberlayne > b. < fame is the thirst of youth — Lord Byron > c. < achieved fame … when its school board became the first in the state to require a loyalty oath from the officers of all organizations seeking to use the school facilities — David Clinton > 2. archaic < and the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house — Gen 45:16 (Authorized Version) > Synonyms: < he still shines when the light of his successors is fading away; they had celebrity, Spinoza has fame — Matthew Arnold > < fame is proof that people are gullible — R.W.Emerson > notoriety, sometimes still neutral in its suggestions and indicating the fact of being widely known, is likely to suggest being widely known for evil, shameful, reprehensible, or eccentric behavior < if the occupation of steamboats be a matter of such general notoriety that the court may be presumed to know it — John Marshall > < that brilliant, extravagant, careless Reverend Doctor Dodd who acquired some fame and much notoriety as an eloquent preacher — Havelock Ellis > reputation usually suggests the commonly circulated and accepted judgment of one's character; unmodified, it may suggest a quite good reputation, a measure of fame on some particular account < the downfall of his first political reputation following the disaster of the Dardanelles expedition — New Republic > < he went on writing war poetry and gained a good deal of reputation as one of our soldier poets — Rose Macaulay > repute may suggest high esteem < the repute which a classical Latin style and the ancient classics had aquired in Renaissance Italy — G.C.Sellery > celebrity in this sense may suggest sudden fame and widespread popularity which may turn out to be ephemeral < there was a time in London when no one could afford to say he had not read the Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, but that was in the spring of 1820, and the season of celebrity was often quite as short then as it is today — H.V.Gregory > éclat in this sense may suggest a certain suddenness whereby something becomes well known or a certain brilliancy or flashiness in its reputation < this letter was sprung, with great éclat, in public hearing — New Republic > < consider what luster and éclat it will give you … to be the best scholar, of a gentleman, in England — Earl of Chesterfield > honor in this sense indicates widespread fame and esteem through achievement or position < wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, his honor and the greatness of his name, shall be, and make new nations — Shakespeare > < admirals all, for England's sake, honor be yours and fame — H.J.Newbolt > renown means much the same as honor; it may imply additional acclaim < filled with a nation's praise, filled with renown — Alfred Tennyson > glory is the strongest and most complimentary word in this group; it suggests lasting, extreme, and deserved fame < there he [Washington] lived in noble simplicity, there he died in glory — Edward Everett > II. 1. < the fancy cannot cheat so well as she is famed to do — John Keats > 2. a. < an inn … that was famed for its corn bread — American Guide Series: Maryland > b. obsolete < foes enough would fame thee in their hate — Ben Jonson > III. Scotland variant of foam |
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