詞彙精選:honour的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
尊重,敬重
例句:
We have every respect for the new governor's honour.
我們對新州長極為尊重。
例句:
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
先知無不受到敬重,但在他自己的故鄉及家中除外。
榮譽,名譽;特殊獎勵,勳章
例句:
His honour was saved.
他保全了名譽。
例句:
He has been instituted state medals and titles of honour and decide on their conferment.
他被規定和決定授予國家的勳章和榮譽稱號。
榮幸,光榮,殊榮
例句:
It 's a great pleasure to have the honour of making your acquaintance .
能認識您不勝榮幸。
例句:
I deem it a great honour to be invited to address you.
要我向諸位講幾句話,我覺得非常榮幸。
正義感,道義,氣節
例句:
Honour is often influenced by that element of pride which plays to large a part in its inspiration.
道義常常受自尊心的影響,自尊心對於道義的激發有著巨大的作用。
例句:
The officers died faithful to Poland and to the honour of a soldier.
這些軍官至死都忠於波蘭,堅守了軍人氣節。
優等學位,榮譽學位
例句:
She has an honours degree in business studies.
她擁有商學榮譽學位。
大人,閣下
例句:
Your honour, I move for an adjournment.
法官閣下,我請求休會。
例句:
I bring this up, your honor, because I think it is important to understand the background of the defendant.
法官大人,我之所以提及此事,是因為我覺得了解被告的背景十分重要。
v.
尊敬,尊重 [T]
例句:
I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent.
我尊敬忍耐、堅毅,勤勞、才幹。
例句:
Oh! The poor Pompeians are very civil-they love to honour merit.
唉:可憐的龐貝人是很講友情的,他們很尊重有才華的人。
執行,履行 [T]
例句:
If one side fail to honour the contract, the other side is entitled to cancel it.
如果一方未按本合同條款執行,另一方有權中止合同。
例句:
The two sides agreed to honour a new ceasefire.
雙方同意執行新的停火協議。
授予…榮譽,給予…表彰 [T]
例句:
Two American surgeons were last week honoured with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.
兩位美國外科醫生上週獲得了諾貝爾醫學和生理學獎。
例句:
Mr Reddy has been honoured by the Pope by being made a knight of St Gregory.
雷迪先生被教皇授予“聖格列高利騎士”的榮譽稱號。
使感到榮幸,使引以為榮 [T]
例句:
Peter Alliss says he would be honoured to be asked.
彼得·艾利斯說若受邀約自己將感到非常榮幸。
例句:
It's a very flattering offer, and I'm honoured by your confidence in me.
這個提議讓我受寵若驚,能得到您的信任我感到很榮幸。
[金融]承兌,兌現 [T]
例句:
The bank will not always honour your debts.
銀行不會總是給你承兌債務。
例句:
We honored the check as the overdraft was only 5 yuan.
我們承兌這張支票的透支額只有5元。
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指對人的行為、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:
His honour was saved.
他保全了名譽。
Greek martial honour stands undimmed.
希臘人的尚武精神依然閃爍著光芒。
I honour him beyond expression.
我對他佩服得無法表達。
I honour her beyond expression.
我對她佩服得無法表達。
I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent.
我尊敬忍耐、堅毅,勤勞、才幹。
We should pay honour to the martyr.
我們應該向先烈致敬。
The honour remained with our motherland.
光榮屬於我們的祖國。
Your honour, I move for an adjournment.
法官閣下,我請求休會。
You do us a great honour by attending.
你肯光臨使我們感到無比榮幸。
One must show honour to one's parents.
人人都應該尊敬父母。