prestige是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 威信, 声望; (由于成功、 财富等而产生) 显赫，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On evenings when the Doc was away, Martin would acquire prestige among the trembling Gang by leading them into the unutterable darkness and scratching a sulfur match on the skeleton's jaw.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Not even at the present day has the original prestige of the Sperm Whale, as fearfully distinguished from all other species of the leviathan, died out of the minds of the whalemen as a body.
-- No: the reason was this: that from the fatal experiences of the fishery there hung a terrible prestige of perilousness about such a whale as there did about Rinaldo Rinaldini, insomuch that most fishermen were content to recognise him by merely touching their tarpaulins when he would be discovered lounging by them on the sea, without seeking to cultivate a more intimate acquaintance.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- How could they fail to see how they were ruining themselves, lowering their prestige by this appointment?
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I always think they are a sign of weakness," said Ursula, up in arms, as if her prestige were threatened.
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