尊重他人:respect有幾種用法
But sometimes the only way to gain your superior’s respect is to defy him.
——House of Cards
但有些時候,要想贏得上司的尊重就只能違抗他。
——《紙牌屋》
一、下面我們來看看respect有幾種含義
n.
1.尊敬,尊重 [U] feeling of admiration for sb / sth because of their good qualities or achievements
His manner was a blend of friendliness and respect.
他的態度是友好中帶有尊敬。
2.敬意,問候 high or special regard
Just a little token to show my respect to you.
不成敬意。
3.考慮,關心,重視 an act of giving particular attention
He did it quite without respect to the results.
他毫不考慮後果就幹了。
4.細節,方面 [U,C] a particular aspect or detail of sth
They felt that we had performed a miracle in this respect.
他們感到在這方面我們創造了奇蹟。
v.
1.尊重,尊敬 [T] to have a very good opinion of sb / sth; to admire sb / sth
If you don't respect yourself, how can you expect others to respect you?
自己不自重,又怎能受到別人尊重呢?
2.考慮;重視 [T] to consider worthy of high regard
We must respect their national customs.
我們必須考慮他們的民俗。
3.遵守;不妨害 [T] to agree not to break a law, principle, etc
We must respect the laws of a country we are in.
我們必須遵守所在國家的法律。
二、詞義辨析:還有哪些詞語能表達“尊重”的意思呢?
admire, honour, respect, regard, esteem
這些動詞均含“尊重、欽佩”之意。
admire側重指對某人或某物的仰慕、欽佩,並含欣賞愛慕之情。
honour側重指對某人或某物表示極大的敬意。
respect指對人的行為、品德、才華或成就等的仰慕尊重。尤指對年長或地位高的人的尊敬。
regard最正式用詞,中性,含義不很明確,一般需用修飾語加強或明確其意。
esteem除表示尊敬之外,還暗示由此而產生的稱讚。
三、最後,做個填詞遊戲吧
The man jammed out his cigarette to show his ______ for the lady.
那個男人拈滅了香菸以顯示他對該女士的尊敬。