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    This is the American spelling of honourable. British English keeps the u: honourable.

    this is the American spelling of honourable這是 honourable 的美式拼法。British English keeps the u: honourable英式英文保留 u,寫成 honourable。

    The word means deserving respect — a person, an act, or a reason that is honest, fair, and worth looking up to.

    the word means deserving respect這個字的意思是值得尊敬——a person, an act, or a reason一個人、一個行為、或一個理由 that is honest, fair, and worth looking up to誠實、公正、值得敬佩的。

    People also put it before a name as a title, the Honorable, for certain judges or members of government. In older, rather formal talk, a man might say he has honorable intentions toward a woman, meaning he wants to marry her, not use her. Though actually, on and in speeches the Honorable is often just the expected title, not proof that the person is especially good.

    people also put it before a name as a title, the Honorable人們也會把它當頭銜放在名字前面,「the Honorable」,for certain judges or members of government用在某些法官或政府官員身上。in older, rather formal talk在比較老式、正式的說法裡,a man might say he has honorable intentions toward a woman一個男人可能會說他對一個女人有 honorable intentions,meaning he wants to marry her, not use her意思是他想娶她,不是要利用她。though actually不過其實,on envelopes and in speeches在信封上和演講裡,the Honorable is often just the expected titlethe Honorable 常常只是規定該用的頭銜,not proof that the person is especially good不代表這個人特別好。

    The feeling is formal. American schools will want honorable; British and many Taiwan exam papers still print honourable. Same word, different letters.

    the feeling is formal語感是正式的。american schools will want honorable美式學校會要你寫 honorable,British and many Taiwan exam papers still print honourable英式和很多台灣的考卷還是印 honourable。same word, different letters同一個字,拼法不同。

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    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable / honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”). By surface analysis, honor + -able. Cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable.

同家族的字

  • honorhonorable is honor plus -able: able to be honoured, or worthy of honour
  • honourablethe same word in British spelling

原始詞典資料7 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。

honorableadj/ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/

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    Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.

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    Worthy of respect; respectable.

    • In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.
  • 3

    Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.

    • That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.
    • Luxury was abolished. People lived in honorable marriage. All the women were chaste, faithful, and far from wantoners.
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    governmentpoliticsA courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.

    • Uncheered by friends, unhissed by foes, the honorable member blandly continued his speech […]
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    A courtesy title, given in the United Kingdom to all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and to the younger sons of earls.

honorablenoun/ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/

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    A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".

    • These included a reception for the Congress participants, given by the city of Barcelona in a 14th century palace, with guards making room for the mayor and other honorables, […]

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。