renown和known的区别

renown:

n. 声誉；名望

vt. 使有声望
Her renown spread across the country.

她的名声传遍了全国。

He won renown as a fair judge.

他赢得了公平裁判的荣誉。

She used to be a singer of some renown.

她过去是个小有名气的歌手。

known:

adj. 已知的；知名的；大家知道的

v. 知道（know的过去分词）
He is little known as an artist.

几乎没人知道他是个艺术家。

Christopher is commonly known as Kit.

克里斯托弗通常被称为基特。

I wish we'd known about it beforehand.

要是我们预先知道这事就好了。

Diamonds are the hardest known mineral.

钻石是已知的最坚硬的矿石。

His views on the subject were well known.

他对这个问题的看法众所周知。