fame
- n. 名声,名望;传闻,传说
- vt. 使闻名,使有名望
词态变化
中文词源
来自PIE*bha, 说,告知,词源同phone, fable.引申为众人皆知的,有名声。
英英释意
- 1. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- 2. favorable public reputation
英文词源
- fame
- fame: [13] Etymologically, fame is ‘being talked about’. The word comes via Old French fame from Latin fāma ‘talk, reputation’. This in turn goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *bha- ‘speak’, which also produced English confess, fable, fate, ineffable, etc. The derivatives famous and infamous are both 14thcentury acquisitions.
=> confess, fable, fairy, fate, ineffable, profess - fame (n.)
- early 13c., "character attributed to someone;" late 13c., "celebrity, renown," from Old French fame "fame, reputation, renown, rumor" (12c.), from Latin fama "talk, rumor, report; reputation, public opinion; renown, good reputation," but also "ill-fame, scandal, reproach," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (cognates: Sanskrit bhanati "speaks;" Latin fari "to say," fabula "narrative, account, tale, story;" Armenian ban, bay "word, term;" Old Church Slavonic bajati "to talk, tell;" Old English boian "to boast," ben "prayer, request;" Greek pheme "speech, voice, utterance, a speaking, talk," phone "voice, sound," phanai "to speak;" Old Irish bann "law").
The goddess Fama was the personification of rumor in Roman mythology. The Latin derivative fabulare was the colloquial word for "speak, talk" since the time of Plautus, whence Spanish hablar.I've always been afraid I was going to tap the world on the shoulder for 20 years, and when it finally turned around I was going to forget what I had to say. [Tom Waits, "Playboy" magazine interview, March, 1988]
同义词辨析
fame, honour, reputation, glory, renown
这些名词均有"名声,名誉"之意。
fame: 普通用词,含义广,一般指好名声,可大可小,可远可近。
honour: 侧重指因高尚的举止,忠心或诚实而受到公众钦佩和崇敬,得到好名声和荣誉。
reputation: 通常指熟悉某人或某地的人对该人、该地的看法,可好可坏。
glory: 指因功绩卓著而获得的令人称颂的光荣或荣誉地位。
renown: 指远近闻名的声誉。
考试真题
- It is not the first time one of Google’s famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one.
出自-2017年6月听力原文
- Its fame in high technology is incomparable.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- The bear first gained fame after it was spotted wandering around neighborhoods and was caught on videos that were posted on social media and shown on national television.
2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
- She achieved her fame through persistent advocacy of fake science.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
- Brooks gained fame for several books.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文
- Fame is a great thirst of the young.
2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项
- It has wide international fame and is included in many architecture textbooks.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- It was important for the keeper's fame.
2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
- Part of the fame of Allen‘s book is its contention that “Circumstances do not make a person, they reveal him.
出自-2011年考研翻译原文
- The runaway success of The Pickwick Papers, as it is generally known today, secured Dickens’s fame.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文
- The runaway success of The pickwick Papers, as it is generally known today, secured Dickens' fame.
2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
词组搭配
house of ill fame
(archaic)a brothel
(古)妓院
of —— fame
having a particular famous association; famous for having or being ——
享有…盛名;因…而闻名
the village is the birthplace of Mrs Beeton, of cookery fame.
这个村子是比顿夫人的出生地,以烹饪出名。
实用场景例句
- She went to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune .
- 她为追逐名利去了好莱坞。
牛津词典
- to achieve/win instant fame
- 立即获得 / 迅即赢得名声
牛津词典
- to rise/shoot to fame overnight
- 一夜之间成名
牛津词典
- Andrew Lloyd Webber of ‘Evita ’ fame (= famous for ‘Evita ’)
- 以《艾维塔》成名的安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯
牛津词典
- The town's only claim to fame is that there was once a riot there.
- 这个镇唯一出名之处就是那里有过一次暴乱。
牛津词典
- The film earned him international fame.
- 这部电影为他赢得了国际声望。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- At the height of his fame, his every word was valued...
- 在他声名鼎盛之时,他的每句话都受到重视。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When convening the assembly , however , you shall blow without sounding an alarm.
- 民10:7但招聚会众的时候、们要吹号 、 不要吹出大声.
期刊摘选
- She is a woman of ill fame.
- 她是个名声不好的女人.
《简明英汉词典》
- His fame as a poet did not come until after his death.
- 他死后才获得诗人的名声.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Mao's fame surpassed well beyond the limits of China.
- 毛泽东的名声远远超越了中国国界.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He never reaches after personal fame and gain.
- 他从不追求个人名利.
《简明英汉词典》
- For him fame does not count for much.
- 在他看来,出名算不了什么.
《简明英汉词典》
- One's fame has spread far and wide.
- 威名天下扬.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The book charts her rise to fame as an actress.
- 这本书记述了她作为演员的成名史.
《简明英汉词典》
- He needs no trappings of fame.
- 他不需要名声的虚饰.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He is mad for fame.
- 他疯狂地追求名誉.
《简明英汉词典》
- After ten years'hard study noticed by none, his fame fills the land once honours are won.
- 十年寒窗无人问, 一举成名天下知.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Many people hunt after fame in their lives but never find it.
- 很多人一生追逐名利,但是总不能成功.
《简明英汉词典》
- She's seeking fame in the world of television.
- 她想在电视界出名.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is a man of ill fame.
- 他这个人名声很坏.
《简明英汉词典》
- After this concert she was firmly on the road to fame and fortune.
- 这次音乐会后,她已稳步踏上了名利双收的道路.
《简明英汉词典》
- Shelley's fame had spread in the walls of the college.
- 雪莱的名声在大学里边传开了.
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- The reformer's fame spread all over the country.
- 这位改革者名震全国.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I don't go after fame or money.
- 我不追求名利.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He got a fine fame for being generous with his money to help others.
- 他因慷慨解囊而得到好名声.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We shouldn't seek after comfort, personal fame , or gain.
- 我们不应该贪图安逸, 追名逐利.
《简明英汉词典》
- the Country Music Hall of Fame
- 乡村音乐名人堂
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- a meteoric rise to fame
- 迅速成名
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》