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illustrious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++il·lus·tri·ous /ɪˈlʌstriəs/ adjective formal  FAMOUSADMIREfamous and admired because of what you have achieved 著名的,杰出的,卓越的 She has had an illustrious career. 她已经有了辉煌的事业。 Wagner was just one of many illustrious visitors to the town. 瓦格纳只是到访过这座小镇的众多名人中的一位。
Examples from the Corpus
illustriousThe laibon retells the accounts of his illustrious ancestors of the great migration from the North.Sometime between the lamb chops and the chocolate mousse, Maestro Domingo presented his illustrious cast.The church of San Celso, now standing somewhat forlornly beside the bigger, more illustrious church, has the longer history.Ten years later one woman asks the husband of a particularly illustrious colleague what his wife was doing.First though, while in Cairo, Stirling met some illustrious company.The illustrious director Sir Richard Attenborough also attended the ceremony.Polybius was ready to accept many, many tears from his illustrious friend and protector.For the present Posidonius had little choice: he had to rely on his illustrious friend Pompey.Well, that brave, kind, illustrious man did not come home to us.
Origin illustrious (1500-1600) Latin illustris bright, famous, from illustrare; → ILLUSTRATE
il·lus·tri·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
famous you what of and achieved because Corpus admired have


illustrious
illustrious /ɪˈlʌstriəs/ adjective formal
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: illustris 'bright, famous', from illustrare; illustrate
famous and admired because of what you have achieved:
    She has had an illustrious career.
    Wagner was just one of many illustrious visitors to the town.


il·lus·tri·ousBrE /ɪˈlʌstriəs/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈlʌstriəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) very famous and much admired, especially because of what you have achieved 著名的;杰出的;卓越的 SYN distinguished The composer was one of many illustrious visitors to the town. 那位作曲家是许多造访过这个城市的杰出人物之一。🔊🔊a long and illustrious career长期卓越的事业