/-əns; -əns/
n
1 [U] state of being prominent 突出; 明显; 卓越; 重要
*a young writer who has recently come to/into prominence 近来崭露头角的青年作家
* The newspapers are giving the affair considerable prominence. 各报都以相当显着的地位报道了那件事.
2 [C] (fml 文) prominent thing, esp part of a landscape or building 突出的事物; 惹人注目的事物; （尤指）风景或建筑物之突出部分
*a small prominence in the middle of the level plain 平坦的原野中央的一块小小的凸地.

n
[U]
the fact of being important and well-known
prominence of
　the prominence of pressure groups as political forces
come to/rise to/achieve prominence (as sth)
　She first came to prominence as an artist in 1989.
give sth prominence/give prominence to sth
to treat something as specially important
　Every newspaper gave prominence to the success of England's cricketers.
[C]formal
a part or place that is higher than what is around it