| 单词 | honourable |
| 释义 | honourable (ɒnrəbəl ) regional note: in AM, use honorable 1. adjective If you describe people or actions as honourable, you mean that they are good and deserve to be respected and admired. I believe he was an honourable man, dedicated to the people and his union. However, their intentions are honourable. Synonyms: proper, right, respectable, righteous honourably (ɒnrəbli ) adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] He also felt she had not behaved honorably in the leadership election. 2. adjective Honourable is used as a title before the names of some members of the nobility, judges, and some other officials. ...the Honourable Mr Justice Swinton Thomas. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In debates in the British parliament, one member of parliament refers to another as the honourable member, the honourable gentleman, the honourable lady, or their honourable friend. ...the Honourable Member for Billericay. Quotations: For Brutus is an honourable manJulius Caesar Collocations: honourable intentions Indeed, he argues that many of reformers of the 1960s had honourable intentions and could not have anticipated the disastrous consequences of their actions. The Times Literary Supplement Not all in absentia diagnoses were based on honourable intentions: in the period 1900-1930, radio advertising arrived. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They seem to be saying, that even when we begin with honourable intentions, there will be some of us who will let their base instincts take control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This long and honourable tradition, the poet explained, involved quoting or rearranging existing texts to alter their emphasis. Times, Sunday Times It seemed to me that the right medium for this was the stage, following in a long and honourable tradition of polemical plays. Times, Sunday Times In his writings, too, he saw the need to go beyond the 'social-democratic consensus', and to face the problems engendered by the very success of that honourable tradition. Times, Sunday Times They are, on the contrary, part of a long and honourable tradition of cultural feuding. Times, Sunday Times It was formed in 1904 to maintain honourable traditions and the aspects of society that represented the highest standards of behaviour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 值得敬佩的 Japanese: 尊敬すべき |
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