| 单词 | on one's honour |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also upon) one's honour a. on (also upon) one's honour. extracted from honourhonorn. (a) Used in oaths and asseverations as an expression of strong assurance or affirmation, by which the speaker pledges his or her honour or good faith. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > with reference to one's word or honour by (formerly also for, on, upon) my trothc1225 aplight1297 on (also upon) one's honourc1475 upon my word1591 honour bright1778 c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 119 (MED) The for sayde captaynys have sworne a-pon hyr honowre. 1485–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 1st Roll §15. m. 14 Ye shall swere that [etc.]..upoun youre honour and wurshippe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xvii Assuryng hym on his honour that if [etc.]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. sig. H3v Quee. When she shall challenge this, you will reiect her. King. Vpon mine honour no. View more context for this quotation 1657 T. Burton Diary 10 Jan. (1828) I. 335 Promising, upon her honour, to return within six weeks. 1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 3 Upon my honour I intend nothing but a walk. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. x. 54 You shan't go madam... Upon my honour you shan't. 1782 London Mag. May 225/2 He promised, upon his honour, that..he would never injure or oppress any baron of the realm. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 378/1 We protest, upon our honour, that we never heard their names. 1853 E. F. Carlan Lover's Stratagem 102/2 ‘What do you mean?’ stammered Augusta... ‘Oh nothing, on my honor!’ 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 487/2 The Scout Promise, to carry out, on his honour, as far as in him lies, the Scout Law, is the binding disciplinary force. 1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 Mar. 49 If you see it, I swear you'll laugh. On my honour. (b) Under obligation to act honourably or according to one's word of honour. Also without personal pronoun. Frequently in to be on (also upon) (one's) honour.In British use sometimes spec. with reference to members of the House of Lords who are not legally under oath. ΚΠ 1757 D. Garrick Male-coquette ii. 38 No, no; we are upon Honour—There shall be none. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. xii. 390 A peer, sitting in judgment, gives not his verdict upon oath, like an ordinary juryman, but upon his honour: he answers also to bills in chancery upon his honour. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. 163 You are upon Honour not to reveal any thing. 1856 Bouvier's Law Dict. U.S.A. (ed. 6) I. 589 In courts of equity, peers, peeresses and lords of parliament, answer on their honor only. 1861 Rep. Educ. Destitute Children in Rep. Comm. (House of Commons) III. 37/2 They are on honour, not to ask them anything of a sectarian character. 1901 Athenæum 14 Dec. 810/1 The lame V.C...suggested to his two girls and their companions that they were ‘on honour’ to play with Meg and Pollie Watkins. 1992 N. Schwarzkopf & P. Petre It doesn't take Hero (1993) 69 There was nothing to stop those who took it [sc. a test] first from leaking the questions..—except that they were on their honour. < as lemmas |
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