If something has cachet, people do not only think it is good. They think it is special — it has a kind of glow around it, a name that makes others sit up.

If something如果某樣東西 has cachet有「cachet」，people大家 do not only think並不只是覺得 it is good它很好。They大家 think覺得 it is它是 special特別的——it它 has有 a kind of glow around it一種光環圍繞著它，a name一個名字 that makes others sit up讓別人為之一振。

A small hotel can have cachet if the right people stay there. A university, a brand of watch, a street, even a job can have it. The feeling is about reputation and taste, not about a prize on paper.

A small hotel一間小旅館 can have可以有 cachet「cachet」 if如果 the right people對的人 stay there住在那裡。A university, a brand of watch, a street, even a job一所大學、一個手錶品牌、一條街，甚至一份工作 can have它都可以有 it。The feeling這種感覺 是關乎的是 about reputation and taste名聲和品味，not about而不是 a prize紙上的一個獎項 on paper。

The word itself feels a little fancy; you will meet it in magazines and in talk about style, not in the playground. English borrowed it from French, and it still sounds French when you say it: ka-SHAY, not “catch-it.” People use it most as a noun: a certain cachet, the cachet of.

The word這個字本身 itself feels聽起來 a little fancy有點花俏；you你 will meet it會在 in magazines雜誌上 and還有 in talk about style談時尚的對話裡碰到它，not in the playground而不是在操場上。English英文 borrowed it把它借來 from French從法文，and而且 it它 still sounds French唸起來還是像法文 when you say it你唸的時候：ka-SHAY「ka-SHAY」，not而不是 "catch-it."「catch-it」。People大家 use it最常把它 most as a noun當名詞用：a certain cachet「一種cachet」、the cachet of「……的cachet」。

They also stretch it: a cheap thing that tries to have cachet, or a job that has lost its cachet.

They大家 also也會 stretch it把這個字延伸用：a cheap thing一個廉價的東西 that tries to have cachet想裝出有格調的樣子，or或 a job一份工作 that has lost its cachet已經失去了它的光環。

Underneath, the French word first meant a seal stamped on a letter — a mark that said “this is official, this is ours.” In ordinary English today, that “special mark” has become this feeling of being a cut above.

Underneath往根源看，the French word這個法文字 first meant最早的意思是 a seal一個印章 stamped on a letter蓋在信上，a mark一個標記 that said表示的是 "this is official, this is ours."「這是正式的、這是我們的」。In ordinary English today在今天的日常英文裡，that "special mark"那種「特殊標記」 has become已經變成了 this feeling現在這種感覺 of being a cut above高人一等的感覺。