honoured
past simple and past participle ofhonour
| 单词 | honoured |
| 释义 | honoured past simple and past participle ofhonour honour verb[T] UK(UShonor)uk/ˈɒn.ər/us/ˈɑː.nɚ/honourverb[T](RESPECT)C1 to showgreatrespectfor someone or something,especiallyinpublic: He was honouredforhisbravery. formalWe are honoured(=proudandhappy)to have you heretonight. I would be honoured tomeethim. To honour apromiseoragreementis to do what you said you would: Theydecidednot to honour anexistingorderforaircraft.
Showing respect and admiration
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making & breaking promises & commitments honourverb[T](REWARD)to give someonepublicpraiseor areward: He was honouredwithaknighthood. Praising and applauding
Examplesofhonouredhonoured In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. While many countries have provisions in their family law legislation requiring courts to listen to the voices of children, few have actuallyhonouredthem. From theCambridge English Corpus He says he was surrounded by people whohonouredhim, and who came to his house to seek information and advice on scholarly matters. From theCambridge English Corpus Such unions will need to be more commonplace if the human body is to be properlyhonouredin the architecture of the future. From theCambridge English Corpus It is our expectation that, in the months to come, many other living giants will similarly behonoured. From theCambridge English Corpus These were stories told and retold at night in the bagdiparas (hamlets), cherished andhonouredfor the daring, the physical prowess, the cunning. From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, the fallibility of the residents must behonouredwhile the care-givers struggle to preserve the strengths of the self (or selves) that remain. From theCambridge English Corpus Our annals arehonouredby the most distinguished actions. From theCambridge English Corpus He was dulyhonouredwith a rank of 800. From theCambridge English Corpus The music continued while the senate, citizens' assembly andhonouredguests viewed the monument. From theCambridge English Corpus Both are masterworks which, delivered in performances of transcendental virtuosity, take anhonouredplace in the inexhaustible mainstream of musical humanism. From theCambridge English Corpus While the archival evidence on this subject is limited, available evidence suggests that such commitments were typicallyhonoured. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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