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单词 accolade
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accolade

(ækəleɪd)
Word forms: plural accolades
countable noun
If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
[formal]
The Nobel prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.
Synonyms: honour, award, recognition, tribute More Synonyms of accolade
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accolade in British English

(ˈækəˌleɪd, ˌækəˈleɪd)
noun
1. 
strong praise or approval; acclaim
2. 
an award or honour
3. 
the ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood, originally an embrace, now a touch on the shoulder with a sword
4.  a rare word for brace (sense 7)
5.  architecture
a curved ornamental moulding, esp one having the shape of an ogee arch
Word origin
C17: via French and Italian from Vulgar Latin accollāre (unattested) to hug; related to Latin collum neck

accolade in American English

(ˈækəˌleɪd; ˌ ækəˈleɪd)
noun
1. 
an embrace formerly used in conferring knighthood
2. 
a touch on the shoulder with the flat side of a sword, now used in conferring knighthood
3. 
a. 
anything done or given as a sign of great respect, approval, appreciation, etc.
b.  [usually pl.]
words of praise
4.  Music
brace1 (sense 13) brace1 (sense 13b)
Word origin
Fr < Prov acolada < VL *accolare, to embrace < L ad, to + collum, neck: see wheel

Examples of 'accolade' in a sentence
accolade

Those aspects involve what is actually going on behind all the great grades and accolades.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Olive received many accolades for his myriad contributions across the field of theoretical physics.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
At the time he was the youngest person to win the accolade.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Cool replaced hot as the highest accolade for good jazz.
Christianity Today (2000)
That is a flawed accolade and not one he rushes to accept.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The performance won her great accolades and a new celebrity status.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And her penchant for the birds has won her one of the highest accolades in wildlife circles.
The Sun (2016)
All those accolades that no one at all has been showering upon me?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Perhaps it is regarded as a great accolade to be the defensive dynamo.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Not that this accolade says a great deal.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Has that accolade put people off?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He won many awards and accolades.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In my opinion, that is the highest accolade an artist can give another.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
That's one culinary accolade per thousand residents.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Quite an accolade, but one hard to dispute.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I ask how winning the accolade has affected them.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Michelin star wars: are the culinary ratings the highest accolade in food or a pain in the neck?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If he continues playing as he is and is overlooked when the accolades are handed out, we will have our answer.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That is not an accolade I hand out lightly based on the back of one good season.
The Sun (2015)
They report he received that accolade Just once).
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Surely it should have been an accolade awarded on a daily, if not hourly, basis.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Second, people have to want to do the task, not just receive the accolades.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now there are two, as the Quay has just been awarded the top accolade.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

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In other languages
accolade

British English: accolade NOUN
If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
The Nobel prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.
  • American English: accolade
  • Brazilian Portuguese: honraria
  • Chinese: 荣誉
  • European Spanish: galardón
  • French: consécration
  • German: Auszeichnung
  • Italian: riconoscimento
  • Japanese: 賞賛
  • Korean: 칭찬
  • European Portuguese: honraria
  • Latin American Spanish: galardón

Chinese translation of 'accolade'

accolade

(ˈækəleɪd) (frm)

n (c)

  1. 荣(榮)誉(譽) (róngyù) (项, xiàng)
1 (noun) 
Definition
an award, praise, or honour
the ultimate accolade in the sciences
Synonyms
honour
He was showered with honours - among them an Oscar in 1950.
award
recognition
At last, her father's work has received popular recognition.
tribute
The song is a tribute to Elvis Presley.
2 (noun) 
Definition
an award, praise, or honour
We're always pleased to receive accolades from our guests.
Synonyms
praise
I have nothing but praise for my employees.
approval
an obsessive drive to win public approval
acclaim
She won critical acclaim for her performance.
applause
They greeted her with thunderous applause.
compliment
She accepted the compliment with good grace.
homage
laud (literary)
eulogy
He added his praise to the glowing eulogies given by her colleagues.
congratulation
commendation
Both teams deserve commendation for their performance.
acclamation (formal)
The event went ahead to universal acclamation.
recognition
tribute
ovation
I was pleasantly surprised by the ovation I received.
plaudit
laudation

Additional synonyms

in the sense of acclaim
Definition
an enthusiastic expression of approval
She won critical acclaim for her performance.
Synonyms
praise,
honour,
celebration,
approval,
tribute,
applause,
cheering,
clapping,
ovation,
accolades,
plaudits,
kudos,
commendation,
exaltation,
approbation,
acclamation,
eulogizing,
panegyric,
encomium,
laudation
in the sense of acclamation
Definition
an enthusiastic reception or display of approval
The event went ahead to universal acclamation.
Synonyms
applause,
shouting,
praise,
cheer,
cheering,
cheers,
approval,
enthusiasm,
tribute,
acclaim,
ovation,
accolade,
adulation,
kudos,
commendation,
salutation,
approbation,
plaudit,
loud homage,
laudation
in the sense of applause
Definition
appreciation shown by clapping one's hands
They greeted her with thunderous applause.
Synonyms
ovation,
praise,
cheering,
cheers,
approval,
acclaim,
clapping,
accolade,
big hand,
commendation,
hand-clapping,
approbation,
acclamation,
eulogizing,
plaudit,
laudation

Synonyms of 'accolade'

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