- 1
An honorific is a word or title you add to show respect for the person you are speaking to or speaking about — Mr, Dr, Sir, Professor, and in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean a much richer set of respectful forms. As an adjective, honorific describes that kind of language: an honorific title. Though actually, English has far fewer honorifics than Japanese, Korean, or Chinese. A plain please is just polite, not an honorific. And honorary is a different word: an honorary degree is an honour you are given, not a way of addressing someone.
敬稱、敬語(加在名字前或後,用來表示尊敬的稱呼)
組成From honor + -ific (“making” or “bringing”). Noun and adjective share this build.
同家族的字
- honoran honorific is language that gives honour or shows respect
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。
honorificnoun/ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/
- 1
A person's title, such as "Mrs" or "Doctor".
- 2
A term of respect; respectful language.
- 3
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.
honorificadj/ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/
- 1
Showing or conferring honour and respect.
- According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.
- 2
Based on or valuing honor
- In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]
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。