honorable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/|/ˈɒn.ɹəbl̩/    美 /ˈɑn.ə.ɹəbl̩/|/ˈɑn.ɹəbl̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable". US
    — 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, […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity. US
  2. Worthy of respect; respectable. US
    — 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. US
    — That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.
  4. A 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. US
    — Uncheered by friends, unhissed by foes, the honorable member blandly continued his speech […]

词形变化

more honorable comparative most honorable superlative honble alternative Honorable alternative honourable alternative Honourable alternative honorables plural honble alternative Honorable alternative honourable alternative Honourable alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
amende honorable Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles do the honorable thing Hon. Hon'ble Honourable Honorable Colonel honorable discharge honorable mention honorableness honorably honourably right honorable right honourable unhonorable

词源

词源 1
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.
词源 2
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.
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