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A feeling of respect and admiration for someone, or respect for yourself. 'Self-esteem' is how much you value and respect yourself - having good self-esteem means feeling okay about who you are. 'To hold someone in high esteem' means you respect them a great deal. It is a fairly formal word.
尊重、敬重(self-esteem 自尊)
組成Comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to judge the value of something' - the same root that gave us the word 'estimate.'
同家族的字
- estimateshares the same old Latin root meaning 'to judge the value of'
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
esteemnoun/ɪˈstiːm/
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Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
- We hold her in high esteem.
esteemverb/ɪˈstiːm/
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To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
- Will he esteem thy riches?
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
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To regard something as valuable; to prize.
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To look upon something in a particular way.
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
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datedTo judge; to estimate; to appraise
- The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。