【同义词辨析】 2019-05-01 尊敬honor-deference
honor: may apply to the recognition of one’s right to great respect or to any expression of such recognition: an ~ just to be nominated. 英语中的荣誉荣耀光荣是指受到be respected被尊重,如劳动最光荣work, the most honorable thing in the world这里的光荣是指被尊重。honor是华为一个手机品牌 recognize承认认出
homage: applies to the accompanying praise or tributes or esteem from those who owe allegiance: for centuries dramatists have paid ~ to Shakespeare. (tribute深深赞扬deeply felt praise,如a book of tributes marking his fifty years of service赞扬他五十年服务的书) allegiance拥戴效忠
reverence: implies profound respect mingled with love, devotion, or awe: have the greatest ~ for my father. devote本意是投入,这里比喻忠诚faithful,如her devotion to duty她对职责的忠诚
deference: implies a yielding or submitting to another’s judgment or preference out of respect or reverence: refused to show any ~ to senior staffers. 高级职员
honor尊重荣誉: 指感到或表达尊重,homage尊敬赞扬: 增加了赞扬拥戴的意思,reverence敬爱: 除了深深的尊重外还有爱意忠诚敬畏,deference恭顺: 由于尊敬所以让步顺从他人
记忆方法: 1)首字母HHRD想成很好的人<==值得尊敬
2)尊敬的意思是mean respect and esteem shown to another. (esteem尊重implies high respect and warm feeling,如she is held in high esteem by her colleagues她深受同事的尊重。尊敬比尊重程度高,一般是晚辈对长辈下级对上级,尊重可以用于各种人,如本例同事)