famous: implies little more than the fact of being, sometimes briefly, widely and popularly known: a ~ television actress.    hall of fame是体育运动等的名人堂，代指杰出人物，如her sudden rise to fame她突然成名   （词根popul表示people人,popular大众的,普通人的,等于public,如popular vote美国大选分大众选票和选举人选票）   注意不要写成fameous


renowned: implies more glory and acclamation: one of the most ~ figures in sports history.


celebrated: implies popular notice and attention especially in print: the most ~ beauty of her day.


noted: suggests well-deserved public attention: the ~ mystery writer.       又如a noted dancer著名的舞蹈演员，如he is not noted for his sense of humour他没什么幽默


notorious: frequently adds to famous pejorative implications of questionableness or evil: a ~ gangster.     (pejorative改变词的本义去贬低，如本条，如politician政客)


distinguished: implies acknowledged excellence or superiority: a ~ scientist who recently won the Nobel prize.   (excel优秀，强调好，superior卓越，强调比别人高)      常形容客人distinguished guests尊贵的客人，或者成就事业a distinguished academic family/career杰出的学者之家/职业生涯，如本例杰出的科学家


eminent: implies conspicuousness for outstanding quality or character and is applicable to one rising above others of the same class: a conference of the country's most ~ writers.      conspicuous和obvious互释


illustrious: stresses enduring and merited honor and glory attached to a deed or person: the ~ deeds of national heroes.      merited应得的、值得的，受之无愧的=deserved，如merited reward/success/honor应得(受之无愧)的回报/成功/荣耀


famous著名: 大众广泛知道，可能短暂，renowned著名: 表示更多荣耀赞誉，celebrated著名: 引公众注意，特别是在印刷品上(print印刷)，noted著名: 表示理所当然受人注目，notorious臭名昭著: 表示"famous"的原因是邪恶卑鄙，贬义，distinguished杰出: 指获得承认的优秀卓越，eminent杰出: 明显地出众，超越同类，illustrious卓越杰出不朽: 强调难以磨灭的光荣荣耀


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         2）练习一下

         3）著名的意思是被广为人知mean known far and wide.首字母FRCNNDEI重组成CNR(中央人民广播电台China National Radio的英文简称)和FENDI(芬迪是意大利时装品牌)，十分好记<==著名