renown: [14] To be renowned is etymologically to be ‘named again’, and hence to be ‘famous’. The word comes from Old French renon, a derivative of the verb renomer ‘make famous’. This was formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and nomer ‘name’, a descendant of Latin nōmināre, from which English gets nominate. => nominate, noun
renown (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French renoun, Old French renon "renown, fame, reputation," from renomer "make famous," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + nomer "to name," from Latin nominare "to name" (see nominate). The Middle English verb reknouen "make known, acknowledge" has been assimilated to the noun via renowned. In old German university slang, a reknowner (German renommist) was "a boaster, a swaggerer."
雙語例句
1. Mailly's work achieved little renown.
梅利的工作沒有獲得什么聲譽。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He won renown as a fair judge.
他贏得了公平裁判的榮譽。
來自《權威詞典》
3. It's just these heart - thrilling chapters that brought his work world renown.
正因這些扣人心弦的篇章才使得他的作品舉世聞名.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. His renown has spread throughout the country.
他的名聲已傳遍全國.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. They travelled to Portsmouth, where they embarked on the battle cruiser HMS Renown.