| 释义 |
pay one's devoirs archaic Pay one’s respects formally: I paid my devoirs to both...- Hereby allow me to pay our devoirs to you in behalf of all the staff of our company.
- Let not the traveller omit to pay his devoirs to the liquid ‘manna of Montepulciano,’ the monarch of Tuscan, if not of all other wines, as Bacchus and Redi have pronounced it.
- I wish you a good morning, and will pay my devoirs in a day or two to inquire after your health, and hear what has taken place.
See parent entry: devoir |