illustrious的意思|illustrious的解释-里氏词典

illustrious [i'lʌstriәs]

a. 著名的, 辉煌的, 明亮的

illustrious

[ adj ]

widely known and esteemed

<adj.all>

a famous actor

a celebrated musician

a famed scientist

an illustrious judge

a notable historian

a renowned painter

having or conferring glory

<adj.all>

an illustrious achievement

Illustrious \Il*lus"tri*ous\, a. [L. illustris, prob. for
illuxtris; fr. il- in + the root of lucidus bright: cf. F.
illustre. See {Lucid}.]
1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous;
splendid.

Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious.
--Beau. & Fl.

2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent;
conspicuous; distinguished.

Illustrious earls, renowened everywhere. --Drayton.

3. Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious
deeds or titles.

Syn: Distinguished; famous; remarkable; brilliant;
conspicuous; noted; celebrated; signal; renowened;
eminent; exalted; noble; glorious. See {Distinguished},
{Famous}.

Sybil Thorndike was made a dame in 1931 in the midst of a long and illustrious career in Shakespearean roles.
This publication cooled my warmth of enthusiasm for 'my illustrious friend' a good deal.
I wish they had called me, however, because my ego demands that." Steiger has had an illustrious career.
The most illustrious recruit is the Bank of England - a contract agreed before last October, Mr Norman Lamont, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, might care to note.
"Bruce Johnstone is a very intelligent investor who had an illustrious career until 1990," said Eric Kobren, a newsletter publisher who follows Fidelity.
The festival needs to reduce its dependence on opera, raise its volume of activity and develop ideas which will interest the public.' Behind Aix's current disarray lies an illustrious history.
Dinna Bjorn, illustrious Bournonville expert, has made a clever version of the sextet and tarantella from last act of Napoli. Eight dancers work like demons.
For two such illustrious parties to offer such advice, which is manifestly wrong in financial terms, is extraordinary. The FT and respected economists spend much time urging the government to keep public spending under rigorous control.
"Three Men of the Beagle" (Knopf, 256 pages, $22) is the story of the ship and its three illustrious passengers, but Richard Lee Marks has really written the extraordinary story of one of them, Jemmy Button.
But the fight in Sjobo involves farmers who represent Sweden's roots, and a political party with long and illustrious history.
Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study" (Addison-Wesley, 316 pages, $17.95), Ed Regis tells the story of Princeton's illustrious enclave, from those early days of glamour and achievement to the problematic present.
He was decorated by governments from Italy to Finland, including France, which gave him its illustrious Legion of Honor in 1984.
Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger became an honorary knight Tuesday, joining the illustrious ranks of the defenders of Queen Elizabeth II's realm.
Jansons's Bruckner was never going to be distinguished by the wisdom that is learnt patiently over long decades by the composer's most illustrious interpreters, because that is not his nature.
The chamberlains, themselves often descended from nobility or illustrious families, are known to oppose innovation, even by younger chamberlains, as many see themselves as the protectors of tradition.
The list of illustrious also-rans runs longer, but you get the idea.
During a grouse shoot at Balmoral Castle, company director Lord Rydon asked King George V's permission to name the new flagship for "the most illustrious and remarkable woman who has ever been queen of England."
There, every Christmas Eve, carolers gather to sing the praises of the city's most illustrious theologian, poet, developer and architect.

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