prestige /preˈsti:ʒ/ n. ［u］威信，威望： add prestige to… 增加…的威信；advance the prestige of our country 提高我国的威望；a man of high prestige 威信高的人［考句］David tends to feel useless and unwanted in a society that gives so much prestige to those who compete well. 在这个给强者威望的社会里，大卫觉得自己无庸。