| 词组 | fame |
| 释义 | fame /feɪm/ noun the state of being known about by a lot of people because of your achievementsadjectivesinternational/worldwide fame The Beatles were the first British group to achieve international fame.national fame Her oil paintings won her national fame.local fame The restaurant rapidly acquired local fame for its excellent food.lasting/enduring fame (=used when someone is famous for a very long time) Beatrix Potter gained lasting fame for her children’s books.brief fame Ed achieved brief fame as a pop singer in the late 1980s.instant fame (=used when someone suddenly becomes famous) The success of her first novel brought her instant fame.great fame His acting ability brought him great fame.new-found fame (=used when someone has just become famous) Anna was finding it difficult to get used to her new-found fame.verbs + famewin/gain fame He won fame when he appeared in the film ‘The Graduate’.achieve/find fame Amy Johnson found fame as a pilot when she became the first woman to fly from Britain to Australia.bring/win sb/sth fame Chomsky’s theories about language brought him fame.rise/come to fame (=become famous) She rose to fame during the early sixties.shoot to fame (=become famous very suddenly) She shot to fame as a result of her victory in the Olympics.seek fame (=try to become famous) He sought fame in the jazz clubs of New York.enjoy fame (=be famous) The town briefly enjoyed fame as the location of a popular television series.fame + verbssb’s fame spreads/grows By this time his fame had spread throughout the islands.sb’s fame rests on sth (=used to say what someone is famous for) His fame rests on his achievements as an engineer.prepositionsfame as sth She later achieved fame as a writer.of ... fame (=used to show what someone is famous for) The film was produced by George Lucas, of ‘Star Wars’ fame.phrasessb’s/sth’s rise to fame Her rise to fame has been astonishingly rapid.at the height of his/her fame (=when someone was most famous) At the height of his fame, he could earn $5,000 a day.sb’s/sth’s claim to fame (=reason for being famous) One of his main claims to fame is having invented the electric light bulb.fame and fortune (=being rich and famous) He came to London to seek fame and fortune. |
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