illustrious name

基本解释

I am sure, my dear Albert, whatever may be your career, you will soon render that name illustrious.
我相信，我的阿尔贝，不论你将来从事什么工作，你不久一定会使那个姓氏大放光芒的。
You have some illustrious literary figures among your ancestors—Alexei and Leo Tolstoy, to name two.
在您家的祖先里出现过几位有名文学家—— 阿列克谢和托尔斯泰，就举这两个人吧。
Ye is the 49th family name in China and an old large family name in Huizhou recorded in A History of Illustrious Families in Xin'an in the Ming Dynasty.
中华叶姓是目前中华姓氏中人口排名第49位的大姓，也是徽州的一个古老大姓，名列明代《新安名族志》。

The provenance of the quotation may not be so rich as you assumed, but the clarion call it sounds is so well wrought it does not require the support of an illustrious name.
ECONOMIST: Drawing no conclusions