honor
- IPA[ˈänər]
美式
- high respect; great esteem；a person or thing that brings credit
- regard with great respect；pay public respect to
verb: honour, 3rd person present: honours, gerund or present participle: honouring, past tense: honoured, past participle: honoured
noun: honour, plural noun: honours
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. high respect; great esteem his portrait hangs in the place of honor 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a person or thing that brings credit you are an honor to our profession
- ▪ a title of respect given to or used in addressing a judge or a mayor.
- 2. adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct I must as a matter of honor avoid any taint of dishonesty 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ dated a woman's chastity or her reputation for being chaste she died defending her honor 同義詞
- 3. something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing pride and pleasure; a privilege the great poet of whom it is my honor to speak tonight 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a thing conferred as a distinction, especially an official award for bravery or achievement the highest military honors 同義詞
- ▪ a special distinction for proficiency in an examination she passed with honors
- ▪ a class or course of degree studies more specialized than that of the ordinary level an honors degree in mathematics
- ▪ the right of teeing off first, having won the previous hole Kyle had the honor at the last hole
- 4. an ace, king, queen, or jack.
- ▪ possession in one's hand of at least four of the ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps, or of all four aces in no trumps, for which a bonus is scored.
- ▪ (in whist) an ace, king, queen, or jack of trumps.
動詞
- 1. regard with great respect they honore their parents in all they did 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ pay public respect to talented writers were honored at a special ceremony 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. fulfill (an obligation) or keep (an agreement) make sure the franchisees honor the terms of the contract 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ accept (a bill) or pay (a check) when due the bank informed him that the check would not be honored 同義詞 反義詞
