2023年9月5日 星期二

prominence, bring sb or something into prominence

He was lauded for his role in elevating Hong Kong gangster films to international prominence.k

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Elevation14,032 ft (4,277 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,165 ft (355 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Whitney[1]
海拔14032英尺(4277米)NAVD88[1]
突出1165英尺(357 M)[1]
母峰惠特尼山[1]


bring someone or something into prominence
to cause someone or something to become famous or renowned. The award brought Mike into national prominence. The current national need for engineers brought our school into prominence.
A terrible scandal brought Lily into prominence.
See also: bring, prominence

 prominence

Line breaks: prom¦in|ence
Pronunciation: /ˈprɒmɪnəns/ 

Definition of prominence in English:

noun

[MASS NOUN]
1The state of being important, famous, or noticeable:she came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s[IN SINGULAR]: the commission gave the case a prominence which it might otherwise have escaped
2The fact or state of projecting from something:radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart with prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract
2.1[COUNT NOUN] A thing that projects from something, such as a projecting feature of the landscape or aprotuberance on a part of the body:the steeprocky prominence resembled a snow-capped mountain
2.2[COUNT NOUN] Astronomy A stream of incandescentgas projecting above the sun’s chromosphere.

Derivatives

prominency

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noun

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting something that juts out): from obsolete French, from Latin prominentia 'jutting out', from the verb prominere (see prominent).

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