| 词汇 | honor |
| 释义 | honor noun, verb[ T ] uk /ˈɒn.ər/ us /ˈɑː.nɚ/ US spelling ofhonour（honour的美式拼写） Prizes, rewards and medals (the/a pot of gold at) the end of the rainbowidiom Academy Award award bemedalled blue ribbon booby prize bronze crown gong grab bag Grammy hand something out honour platinum disc prize Pulitzer Prize Purple Heart rainbow stake the golden boot honor | American Dictionaryhonor noun (CdnBrhonour)us/ˈɑn·ər/ honornoun (RESPECT)[ U ] great respect for someone, or the feeling of pride and pleasure resulting when respect is shown to you: It is an honor to meet you. The dinner is in honor of (= to show respect for) a colleague who is leaving. Your/His/Her Honor Your/His/Her Honor is a title of respect for a judge or mayor (= elected official). honornoun (CHARACTER)[ U ] a good character, or a reputation for honesty and fair dealing: David has always been a man of honor. On my honor (= Asking you to trust my reputation for honesty), I never said that. honornoun (REWARD)[ C ] a public reward to show appreciation for unusual achievement: She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. honor verb[ T ] (CdnBrhonour)us/ˈɑn·ər/ honorverb[T] (SHOW RESPECT)to show great respect for someone, esp. in public: We are honored (= proud and pleased) that you have come to speak to our students. honorverb[T] (REWARD)to give someone a public reward to show appreciation for unusual achievement: Today we honor those who died defending our country. honorverb[T] (FULFILL)to fulfill an existing agreement or promise, or to accept a form of payment: The governor honored her pledge to cut taxes. honor | Business Englishhonor noun[ C ], verb USuk /ˈɒnər/us → honour Examples of honorhonor Because of this, they only take up facts and events that honor and praise the persons concerned. I am particularly grateful to the many thoughtful researchers who have here honored me with probing critiques. His thirst for public respect was insatiable; for him, honor, more than interest, impelled men's actions. The freedoms traditionally associated with political participation-speech, press, association and assembly-fall well outside the pale of rights a decent society must honor. One honors the memory of the victim by not forgetting, by holding as a treasure within us their lives and their values. The inability of the poor country to commit to honor investment agreements has an adverse impact on both. This paper examines how foreign aid affects a country's willingness to honor private investment agreements. The litany of difference is meant to honor important differences, but it may in fact render invisible differences that are just as important. Our society - more than any other - is remarkable in the diversity of ways it honors basic value judgments, whether individual, communal, political, or religious. River officials also sought to enhance their status as technical experts through the construction and maintenance of memorial halls and temples honoring their predecessors. For example, in healthcare a wellknown way to maintain people's dignity is by honoring their preferences about bodily cover, although often in the breech. The tablecloth becomes a significant way to honor the deceased. One often hears of soldiers who wonder if they will act with honor when going into battle. With the bird-pitched opening line of the lead singer, flags appear on the edge of the circle, held aloft by a uniformed honor guard. He was as interested, curious, and supportive as always, without exposing any hint of the great honor he had just received. See all examples of honor These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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