prestige

来自法语prestige,欺骗，骗术，幻术，变戏法，来自拉丁语praestigium,幻术，变戏法，来自（异化自）praestringere,使眼花缭乱，使眩晕，来自prae,在前面，stringere,拉，拉绳子，捆绑，词源同string.该词原用于形容法国皇帝拿破仑像个街头玩变戏法的，含贬义和讽刺意味，后随着越来越多的人崇拜拿破仑，词义由贬义转褒义，而原词义则不再使用。

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.

这一合同将会影响我国的国际声望.

来自《简明英汉词典》