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。
