Word · Frequency #12870
highnesses
殿下
highnesses is the plural of highness.
核心释义
用于称呼王室成员,常与 Your、His、Her 连用;正式场合首字母大写。
title used to address a royal person
- 1.
高的状态。
The state of being high.
- 2.
王子、公主或同等地位者的称号。
The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank.
- 3.
对王子或公主的尊称。
A title of respect when referring to a prince or princess.
高;崇高;高尚;高度;高程度;高的状态。;王子、公主或同等地位者的称号。;对王子或公主的尊称。
用法In use
The ambassador bowed to Her Highness before the meeting.
用法提示:这里 highness 以 Her Highness 的形式出现,是名词,作王室成员的尊称,意为“殿下”。
May I present this gift to Your Highness?
用法提示:这里 highness 以 Your Highness 的形式出现,是名词,用作直接称呼,译作“殿下”。
Their Highnesses will attend the charity concert tomorrow.
用法提示:这里 highness 以 Their Highnesses 的复数形式出现,是名词,作尊称,指多位王室成员。
Your/His/Her/Their Highness(es)
王室尊称。当面称呼用 Your Highness,提到第三方时用 His/Her Highness,复数用 Their Highnesses。
Their Highnesses graciously accepted the gifts.
殿下们亲切地接受了礼物。
the highness of sth
表示“高、高度”,也引申为“崇高、高尚”,可用于理想、品格等抽象事物。该用法较正式。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- Your Highness
- 殿下(直接称呼王室成员)
- Your Highness, the guests are waiting in the hall.殿下,宾客们正在大厅等候。
- His Highness
- 殿下(指男性王室成员)
- His Highness the Duke will open the ceremony.公爵殿下将主持开幕式。
- Her Highness
- 殿下(指女性王室成员)
- Her Highness has donated a large sum to charity.殿下已向慈善机构捐赠了一大笔钱。
- Royal Highness
- 殿下(正式头衔,用于王室成员)
- The ambassador greeted His Royal Highness with a bow.大使向殿下鞠躬致意。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 highness 拆成 high + ness:high 是‘高’,ness 表示状态,所以它既有‘高、崇高’之意;对王室称 Your Highness,就是尊称您的高贵身份。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:royal address、literary writing highness 作为尊称(如 Your Highness)多用于正式场合,用来称呼王室成员;作为“高、高尚”的抽象名词,比较常见于书面语或文学语境,日常口语很少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
作头衔称呼时首字母大写,如 Your Highness;此时复数形式为 Highnesses。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ness are not all pronounced alike. 'Highness' /ˈhaɪnəs/ rhymes with 'shyness' /ˈʃaɪnəs/ and 'dryness' /ˈdraɪnəs/. Common -ness words such as 'happiness', 'kindness', 'darkness' and 'business' have a different vowel or added consonants before the suffix, so they do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.