英语词汇“respectful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If you’re respectful, you show consideration and regard for someone or something. Be respectful of your neighbors and turn down your disco music when it gets late.

Respectful is the adjective form of the common word respect, which means a feeling of admiration. So when you behave in a way that’s respectful, you’re doing something to show admiration for another person. You might sit in respectful silence when your teacher enters the room. You can be respectful of situations as well as people. You might be respectful of the democratic process and not complain about not winning your school election.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

respectfully / respectively

If you kiss the mob boss's ring, do it respectfully, or full of respect and admiration. But respectively means "in the order given," so if you have to kiss up to the rest of the mob, make sure to shake hands and high five Jimmy Rags and Tommy Two Face, respectively because Jimmy prefers a handshake, but Tommy loves a good high five.

To show respect is to show how you admire something or someone, to show deference or obedience. Therefore, when you do something respectfully, you're being polite because you do it full of respect:

Mr. Ruck listened, as he always listened, respectfully. (Henry James)

"So tonight, we are respectfully asking the candidates to try to put aside the talking points," he says. (Time)

The servants bowed respectfully, and retired in silence. (Bernhard Severin Ingemann)

Respectively, on the other hand, means in a manner that treats several things individually, one by one, in a sequence. It's a way to keep lists parallel, and it rescues sentences from extra words:

By comparison, Mitalas said fellow Metro League schools Seattle Prep and Lakeside had 70 and 40 turn out, respectively. (Seattle Times)

That's easier to say than "Seattle Prep had a turn out of 70 and Lakeside had a turn out of 40." Same goes for this quote from an obituary of actor Cliff Robertson:

His TV performances in "Days of Wine and Roses" and "The Hustler," for example, were filmed with Jack Lemmon and Paul Newman, respectively. (Washington Post)

Sign your emails "respectfully yours" if you're full of respect for the person you're writing to, and save respectively for singling things out. The grammar mob appreciates your attention to these details.

WORD FAMILY

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USAGE EXAMPLES

Alaoui shunned the traditions of ethnographic “exoticism,” instead favoring a more egalitarian, respectful approach.

Time(Dec 30, 2016)

He wants his son to call 911 if he needs to and be respectful of police, yet cautious.

Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016)

“I think Paramount felt intimidated by August’s demand for a black director, and frustrated, but ultimately respectful,” said John Breglio, who was then Wilson’s lawyer.

New York Times(Dec 22, 2016)

1adj full of or exhibiting respect

respectful behavior
a respectful glance

Syn|Ant

courteous

characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners

humble

marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

deferent, deferential, regardful

showing deference

honorific

conferring or showing honor or respect

reverent

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

disrespectful

exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous

discourteous

showing no courtesy; rude

immodest

having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc

offensive

causing anger or annoyance

annihilating, devastating, withering

making light of

contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful

expressing extreme contempt

contumelious

arrogantly insolent

derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting

abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

impious, undutiful

lacking due respect or dutifulness

flip, impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed

marked by casual disrespect

undeferential

not showing courteous respect

irreverent

showing lack of due respect or veneration

sarcastic

expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

2adj feeling or manifesting veneration

Syn

reverential, venerating
reverent

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

单词	respectful
释义	respectful (once / 314 pages) adj If you’re respectful, you show consideration and regard for someone or something. Be respectful of your neighbors and turn down your disco music when it gets late. Respectful is the adjective form of the common word respect, which means a feeling of admiration. So when you behave in a way that’s respectful, you’re doing something to show admiration for another person. You might sit in respectful silence when your teacher enters the room. You can be respectful of situations as well as people. You might be respectful of the democratic process and not complain about not winning your school election. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS respectfully / respectively If you kiss the mob boss's ring, do it respectfully, or full of respect and admiration. But respectively means "in the order given," so if you have to kiss up to the rest of the mob, make sure to shake hands and high five Jimmy Rags and Tommy Two Face, respectively because Jimmy prefers a handshake, but Tommy loves a good high five. To show respect is to show how you admire something or someone, to show deference or obedience. Therefore, when you do something respectfully, you're being polite because you do it full of respect: Mr. Ruck listened, as he always listened, respectfully. (Henry James) "So tonight, we are respectfully asking the candidates to try to put aside the talking points," he says. (Time) The servants bowed respectfully, and retired in silence. (Bernhard Severin Ingemann) Respectively, on the other hand, means in a manner that treats several things individually, one by one, in a sequence. It's a way to keep lists parallel, and it rescues sentences from extra words: By comparison, Mitalas said fellow Metro League schools Seattle Prep and Lakeside had 70 and 40 turn out, respectively. (Seattle Times) That's easier to say than "Seattle Prep had a turn out of 70 and Lakeside had a turn out of 40." Same goes for this quote from an obituary of actor Cliff Robertson: His TV performances in "Days of Wine and Roses" and "The Hustler," for example, were filmed with Jack Lemmon and Paul Newman, respectively. (Washington Post) Sign your emails "respectfully yours" if you're full of respect for the person you're writing to, and save respectively for singling things out. The grammar mob appreciates your attention to these details. WORD FAMILY respectful: disrespectful, respectfully, respectfulness, self-respectful+/disrespect: disrespected, disrespecting, disrespects/disrespectful: disrespectfully/respect: disrespect, respectable, respected, respecter, respectful, respecting, respects, self-respect/respectability: respectabilities/respectable: respectability, respectabler, respectablest, respectably, unrespectable/respecter: respecters/respecting: self-respecting/unrespectable: unrespectability USAGE EXAMPLES Alaoui shunned the traditions of ethnographic “exoticism,” instead favoring a more egalitarian, respectful approach. Time(Dec 30, 2016) He wants his son to call 911 if he needs to and be respectful of police, yet cautious. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) “I think Paramount felt intimidated by August’s demand for a black director, and frustrated, but ultimately respectful,” said John Breglio, who was then Wilson’s lawyer. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj full of or exhibiting respect respectful behavior a respectful glance Syn\|Ant courteous characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners humble marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful deferent, deferential, regardful showing deference honorific conferring or showing honor or respect reverent feeling or showing profound respect or veneration disrespectful exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous discourteous showing no courtesy; rude immodest having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc offensive causing anger or annoyance annihilating, devastating, withering making light of contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful expressing extreme contempt contumelious arrogantly insolent derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule impious, undutiful lacking due respect or dutifulness flip, impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed marked by casual disrespect undeferential not showing courteous respect irreverent showing lack of due respect or veneration sarcastic expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds 2adj feeling or manifesting veneration Syn reverential, venerating reverent feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
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