Honorable
['ɑnərəbəl]
解释:
(adj.) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; 'an honorable man'; 'led an honorable life'; 'honorable service to his country' .
编辑:奥马尔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
(a.) High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
(a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.
(a.) Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
(a.) Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
(a.) Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.
(a.) Of reputable association or use; respectable.
(a.) An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.
伊恩校对
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Illustrious, noble, great, of high rank.[2]. Upright, just, honest, fair, trustworthy, trusty, true, conscientious, virtuous, magnanimous, high-minded, as good as one's word.[3]. Reputable, creditable, estimable, right, proper, equitable.
手打:莉莎
同义词及反义词：
SYN:High-minded, upright,[See FALLIBLE]
盖尔校对
娱乐性解释：
adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as 'the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur. '
校对:伊薇特
例句:
- My father was the mayor of the village and an honorable man. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- I hold it the most honorable work that is. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Are the honorable, the just, the high-minded and compassionate, the majority anywhere in this world? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I don't mean by your honorable self, Mr. Brooke. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- This guarantee, with a chance to obtain the money back if the purchase was unsatisfactory, was a new idea, and appealed to every one as a most sincere and honorable way of doing business. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- My mother was an honorable woman and a good Catholic and they shot her with my father because of the politics of my father who was a Republican. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Not a statesman with the honorable record of Lord Holdhurst? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- I feel it as a wery high compliment, sir; it's a wery honorable thing to them, as they knows how to reward merit werever they meets it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Sir James is a good, honorable man, said Dorothea, warmly. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Wild as I was in those days, I was too honorable to deceive a woman. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- No, answered Dorothea; Mr. Casaubon has always avoided dwelling on his own honorable actions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- A more honorable man never transacted business. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The very resolution to which he had wrought himself by dint of logic and honorable pride was beginning to relax under her torpedo contact. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Ah, there's no place like home, sighed the Honorable Mrs Dengelton sentimentally. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- A good fellow, a skilled hand, fond of us, and enthusiastic and honorable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- I would not have accepted the position if I had not meant to make it useful and honorable. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- She was a very generous, honorable woman, said Will, almost angrily. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Of course, in a community so organized, what can a man of honorable and humane feelings do, but shut his eyes all he can, and harden his heart? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- In its honorable sense, knowledge is distinguished from opinion, guesswork, speculation, and mere tradition. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Davy wrote to his mother that this was as honorable as any scientific appointment in the kingdom, with an income of at least five hundred pounds a year. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I am sure he is an honorable, straightforward fellow. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The physicians and the sons of physicians ha ve borne a particularly honorable part in the advancement of physical as well as mental science. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- During this vacation my father received a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Other men have managed to win an honorable position for themselves without family or money. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- We have been pursuing a valuable object by honorable means, and I trust that all our measures have been such as reason and virtue must justify. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- There would be some pleasure in voting for a gentleman who speaks in that honorable manner. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- It is an honorable name! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- And that will make it all the more honorable, said Dorothea, ardently. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
校对:伊薇特