詞彙精選：esteem的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
尊敬，尊重，敬重
例句：
I adjudge him unworthy of esteem.
我認爲他不值得我尊敬。
例句：
He is held in high esteem by colleagues in the construction industry.
建築業的同行們都非常敬重他。
意見，看法，評價；名聲
例句：
Since he behaved so badly, he's gone down in my esteem.
他表現非常惡劣，使我對他的看法一落千丈。
v.
尊敬，尊重，敬重 [T]
例句：
I esteem him enormously, and I ought to like him much better than you, who are a disgraceful scamp.
我對他極爲敬重，我對他應該比對你多許多倍的好感，你是個可恥的惡棍。
例句：
I greatly esteem your message in the midst of our hard struggle.
您在我們奮力抗爭時發來的電文讓我充滿了敬意。
認爲，以爲；考慮；估價 [T]
例句：
I esteem it a privilege to address such a distinguished audience.
我認爲能向各位貴賓演講十分榮幸。
例句：
I esteem him as a very honest man.
我認爲他是一個很誠實的人。
二、詞義辨析：
admire,honour,respect,regard,esteem
這些動詞均含“尊重、欽佩”之意。admire側重指對某人或某物的仰慕、欽佩，並含欣賞愛慕之情。honour側重指對某人或某物表示極大的敬意。respect指對人的行爲、品德、才華或成就等的仰慕尊重。尤指對年長或地位高的人的尊敬。 regard最正式用詞，中性，含義不很明確，一般需用修飾語加強或明確其意。esteem除表示尊敬之外，還暗示由此而產生的稱讚。
三、參考例句：
We all have great esteem for you.
我們都非常敬重您。
She is held in high esteem by her colleagues.
她深受同事的敬重。
The dinosaur’s skull represents the esteem of our country.
恐龍頭骨標誌着我們國家的尊嚴。
I esteem him as a very honest man.
我認爲他是一個很誠實的人。
Thus reliableness becomes a passport to the general esteem and confidence of mankind.
因此誠信是人類獲取尊重和信任的通行證。
I esteem it a privilege to address such a distinguished audience.
我認爲能向各位貴賓演講十分榮幸。
We esteem the highly articulate or logical people of our culture.
我們尊重我們文化中能夠高度精確或邏輯的闡明事理的人物。
He is held in high esteem by colleagues in the construction industry.
建築業的同行們都非常敬重他。
I greatly esteem your message in the midst of our hard struggle.
您在我們奮力抗爭時發來的電文讓我充滿了敬意。
Partly this may reflect the low esteem in which plays were held as literature.
這一方面可能是因爲當時戲劇在文學界並不被看重。
