1590s, "projection," from obsolete French prominence (16c.), from Latin prominentia "a jutting out" (see prominent). Meaning "distinction, conspicuousness" is attested by 1827. As a type of solar phenomenon, from 1862.
雙語例句
1. Crime prevention had to be given more prominence.
防止犯罪方面應當受到更多的重視。
來自柯林斯例句
2. a young actor who has recently risen to prominence
最近嶄露頭角的一名年輕演員
來自《權威詞典》
3. An item of prominence on the conference agenda was infant health care.
會議議程上的一項重要議題是嬰兒保健.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Delete what is dispensable and give more prominence to the essentials.
可以不說的去掉,該說的就可以更突出.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The lawyer reached a position of prominence in her profession at an early age.