honouring
present participle ofhonour
| 单词 | honouring |
| 释义 | honouring present 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
Examplesofhonouringhonouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Possibly he objected tohonouringthe unconsecrated bread and wine with excessive ceremony. From theCambridge English Corpus It is a day of family activities that begins with a church service and thehonouringof old fishermen and those who have passed away. From theCambridge English Corpus It would have been politically reckless simply to end the state programme withouthonouringclaims already earned. From theCambridge English Corpus Memorial days were significant because descendants in a family united for the purpose of praying andhonouringthe deceased parents. From theCambridge English Corpus As a corollary,honouringolder people need not stem from charity or condescension but would relate to their capacity to enhance societal life in general. From theCambridge English Corpus Preliminary estimates put the cost ofhonouringthat guarantee at $71 billion in the first decade and $91 billion over 20 years. From theCambridge English Corpus But to achieve redistribution whilehonouringtheir institutional commitments, these governments need to combine a number of not always coherent policy instruments in corporatist countries. From theCambridge English Corpus Buthonouringa new member's seniority would be a delicate matter, because those further back in the seniority queue might complain. From theCambridge English Corpus These are not matters ofhonouringand respecting, dishonouring and shaming, by the standards of any honour code, however admirable. From theCambridge English Corpus With this volume we arehonouringa scientist who can truly be said to have built bridges between mathematics and theoretical computer science. From theCambridge English Corpus It welcomes multiple interpretations from varied vantage points, at all timeshonouringthe dignity of those re-presented. From theCambridge English Corpus To be effective, the government also needed to show that it washonouringits previous mandate. From theCambridge English Corpus They would reject the view that the state either should or may coerce people intohonouringthis duty by, for instance, threatening to punish infidelity with a jail sentence. From theCambridge English Corpus Honouringindividual stances of origins and expertise in teachers and students is a practice enacted through trust, and becomes curricular as it is co-created as living text. From theCambridge English Corpus This early experiment in social policy re-ected the interests of a wide range of reformers concerned withhonouringmotherhood, dealing with the problem of child poverty and preventing juvenile delinquency. 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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