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/rɪˈspektfəl/
Feeling respect for someone or something, and showing that feeling in the way you speak and behave — for example by being polite, staying quiet, or not getting in their way.
尊敬的；恭敬的
比較級 more respectful最高級 most respectful
核心畫面
Picture someone lowering their voice as they step into a room where something important is happening. They do not push forward, do not interrupt, do not take up more space than they need. The feeling inside is that this person or this thing matters — and the outside behaviour, the careful words and the careful movements, is that feeling made visible.
可以想成：一個人走進某個重要的場合時，自然把音量放低、腳步放慢，不搶話、不擋路、不佔多餘的空間。心裡有一份「這個人（…更多收起
可以想成：一個人走進某個重要的場合時，自然把音量放低、腳步放慢，不搶話、不擋路、不佔多餘的空間。心裡有一份「這個人（或這件事）是重要的」的感覺，而說話的方式、身體的動作，就是把那份感覺做出來給人看見。respectful 講的正是這種「心裡有敬意，行為上也看得出來」的狀態。原始詞典資料1 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。
respectfuladj/ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/
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Marked or characterized by respect
- 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.
- It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.
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。