Word · Frequency #27977
honor
尊重；尊敬
to show respect towards someone or something
- 1.
bestow honor or rewards upon
授予荣誉或奖励
- 2.
accept as pay
接受作为支付
- 3.
show respect towards
表示尊重
给予荣誉；表彰；承兑；兑现；授予荣誉或奖励；接受作为支付；表示尊重
In use
The school will honor its top students at the annual ceremony.
We were honored by the mayor's presence at our event.
They honored her with a lifetime achievement award.
Verb forms
base honor · third person honors · -ing honoring · past honored · past participle honored
规则动词，常用于表达尊敬或履行义务。
Connections
Collocations
- honor a check
- 承兑支票
- The bank refused to honor the check because the account had no funds.银行因账户没有资金而拒绝承兑这张支票。
- honor someone with an award
- 授予某人奖项；以奖项表彰某人
- The government honored the scientist with a national award.政府授予这位科学家国家级奖项。
- honor the dead
- 纪念逝者；向逝者致敬
- We hold a ceremony to honor the dead every spring.每年春天我们都会举行仪式纪念逝者。
- honor one's parents
- 尊敬父母；孝敬父母
- Children are expected to honor their parents in this culture.在这种文化中，孩子理应尊敬父母。
Idioms & figurative uses
- do the honors
- 承担礼仪性任务（如倒酒、切蛋糕等）Since you are closest to the cake, will you do the honors?
Learner notes
Memory Tip
颁奖台场景：授予honor（荣誉），众人honor（尊重），支票honor（承兑）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：颁奖典礼、正式演讲、合同与金融文书 honor 作动词时通常用于正式场合，多表示“尊敬”“授予荣誉”或“承兑（支票、合同等）”；日常口语中较少使用，比较常见于书面语或正式讲话。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语；常与with或for连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common true rhymes. These are spelling lookalikes. 'honest' shares the silent h and initial /ɑ/ of 'honor', but the sounds diverge after the first syllable. 'honey', 'hour', 'horse', 'horn', and 'hover' all look similar at the start but sound different in the vowel or consonant.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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