单词 | to make one's respects |
释义 | > as lemmasto make one's respects P7. to pay one's respects: to show polite attention or deference (to a person) by presenting oneself or by making a call; (in later use frequently) spec. to attend on a person who has died (frequently in to pay one's last respects), or to visit a bereaved person or family. Also (now rare) to make one's respects. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] to complement it1617 complementa1625 to pay one's respects1652 to pass, pay, make, etc. a compliment1655 compliment1663 1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. ii. 229 He perswaded me to returne to Susa,..to pay my respects to that Jllustrious widdow. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed i. xxxvii. 170 Being arrived we went to make our respects to him, and he returned us great civilities. 1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 242 The Gauls..came to pay their respects to that general. 1749 W. Crookshank Hist. Church Scotl. II. x. 273 He, having been intimate with John Richmond and some of his fellow-sufferers, came to Glasgow to pay his last respects at their burial. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 88 When he came home, he expressed great eagerness to pay his respects to his master. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiv. 188 I had called to pay my respects at the Admiralty,..and was kicking my heels in the waiting-room. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 116 I came out here the day before yesterday to pay my respects to the Count. 1901 J. B. Avirett Old Plantation xxiv. 181 After..the dinner, each one made his respects to the old master. 1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner ix. 154 I know what young love is. I just came down to pay my respects to the bride. 1982 Z. Edgell Beka Lamb xii. 75 The body was on a cooling board for everybody to pay their respects. What a good wake we had same night as the death. 2009 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 22 June 7 Friends from far and wide came to pay their respects and to support his large family. < as lemmas |
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