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

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

It would not be honourable for me, as a solicitor, to reveal my client's business to anyone.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A son who accepted his responsibilities and was only concerned to do good was an honourable son.
Alex Stewart is the honourable exception.
He is widely accepted as a decent and honourable man.
He might think it the honourable thing to do.
Kasparov has won, but Karpov went down with all guns blazing to an honourable defeat.
The broader tradition is a typically nationalist one, seeing national liberation through war as honourable and singularly justified.

Longman Language Activatormorally good behaviour► good

· The nuns here do many good things for people in the local community.it is good of somebody to do something · It was very good of you to hand the money in to the police - a lot of people would have just kept it.good deed (=a good action) · Victor devoted his life to helping others and didn't expect any reward for his good deeds.

► right

morally correct: · You can't do that. It's not right.· I only want to do the right thing.· It's not right to tell lies.it's only right (=anything else would not be right): · It's only right that parents should help their children.

► ethical

morally correct, especially according to a set of ideas about how people should behave in a particular profession: · Is it ethical to use this drug to control patients' behaviour?· There is only one ethical way to carry out this experiment.

► decent

fair, honest, or kind: · Perhaps Jack wanted to do something decent, for a change.it is decent of somebody to do something: · It's very decent of you to be so pleased for me -- I know how much you wanted to win this competition.

► honourable

British /honorable American morally correct and showing that you have high moral standards, especially if you are doing something that you feel is your duty: · It would not be honourable for me, as a solicitor, to reveal my client's business to anyone.· The most honorable thing that he can do in these circumstances is to resign.

► be above/beyond reproach

so good that no one can criticize or find any fault in the way you behave: · Throughout this ordeal her behaviour was beyond reproach.· We need a chairman whose reputation and character are above reproach.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► exception

· Alex Stewart is the honourable exception.· I suspect that our generation, with so few and such honourable exceptions, knows less than theirs did.· This is so, with honourable exceptions, because the cold winds of competition reached banking relatively recently.· There is one honourable exception to the problems of Marian historiography surveyed here.· With just a few honourable exceptions, congressmen fawn over him whenever he comes to town.

► man

· He is widely accepted as a decent and honourable man.· Hunt, an honourable man, said he thought they should race another day.· He is a renowned and honourable man, but with regard to this matter he is either being naive or obtuse.· A quick and total resignation - the modern way for an honourable man to put a bullet through his brain.· Three hundred years later he is remembered as an honourable man, an epithet to be prized above the highest awards attainable.· I think that his decision was an honourable one and one which we would expect from an honourable man.· She only knew her good fortune lay in that Tyler Blacklock was an honourable man.

► mention

· Both projects were shortlisted and received an honourable mention in the 1991 awards.· Rickenbacker deserves an honourable mention for the most significant non-advance in design.· He also deserves an honourable mention for working with Graham Knight and Carlton Brown, and retaining a sense of humour.

► thing

· Still, he had to do the honourable thing ....· He might think it the honourable thing to do.· It's not an honourable thing to go back on your treaties: that was his point.· They think it is an honourable thing.· The honourable thing would be to give her the house.

单词	honourable
释义	honourablehon·our·a·ble British English, honorable American English /ˈɒnərəbəl $ ˈɑːn-/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES It would not be honourable for me, as a solicitor, to reveal my client's business to anyone. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A son who accepted his responsibilities and was only concerned to do good was an honourable son. Alex Stewart is the honourable exception. He is widely accepted as a decent and honourable man. He might think it the honourable thing to do. Kasparov has won, but Karpov went down with all guns blazing to an honourable defeat. The broader tradition is a typically nationalist one, seeing national liberation through war as honourable and singularly justified. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatormorally good behaviour► good · The nuns here do many good things for people in the local community.it is good of somebody to do something · It was very good of you to hand the money in to the police - a lot of people would have just kept it.good deed (=a good action) · Victor devoted his life to helping others and didn't expect any reward for his good deeds. ► right morally correct: · You can't do that. It's not right.· I only want to do the right thing.· It's not right to tell lies.it's only right (=anything else would not be right): · It's only right that parents should help their children. ► ethical morally correct, especially according to a set of ideas about how people should behave in a particular profession: · Is it ethical to use this drug to control patients' behaviour?· There is only one ethical way to carry out this experiment. ► decent fair, honest, or kind: · Perhaps Jack wanted to do something decent, for a change.it is decent of somebody to do something: · It's very decent of you to be so pleased for me -- I know how much you wanted to win this competition. ► honourable British /honorable American morally correct and showing that you have high moral standards, especially if you are doing something that you feel is your duty: · It would not be honourable for me, as a solicitor, to reveal my client's business to anyone.· The most honorable thing that he can do in these circumstances is to resign. ► be above/beyond reproach so good that no one can criticize or find any fault in the way you behave: · Throughout this ordeal her behaviour was beyond reproach.· We need a chairman whose reputation and character are above reproach. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► exception · Alex Stewart is the honourable exception.· I suspect that our generation, with so few and such honourable exceptions, knows less than theirs did.· This is so, with honourable exceptions, because the cold winds of competition reached banking relatively recently.· There is one honourable exception to the problems of Marian historiography surveyed here.· With just a few honourable exceptions, congressmen fawn over him whenever he comes to town. ► man · He is widely accepted as a decent and honourable man.· Hunt, an honourable man, said he thought they should race another day.· He is a renowned and honourable man, but with regard to this matter he is either being naive or obtuse.· A quick and total resignation - the modern way for an honourable man to put a bullet through his brain.· Three hundred years later he is remembered as an honourable man, an epithet to be prized above the highest awards attainable.· I think that his decision was an honourable one and one which we would expect from an honourable man.· She only knew her good fortune lay in that Tyler Blacklock was an honourable man. ► mention · Both projects were shortlisted and received an honourable mention in the 1991 awards.· Rickenbacker deserves an honourable mention for the most significant non-advance in design.· He also deserves an honourable mention for working with Graham Knight and Carlton Brown, and retaining a sense of humour. ► thing · Still, he had to do the honourable thing ....· He might think it the honourable thing to do.· It's not an honourable thing to go back on your treaties: that was his point.· They think it is an honourable thing.· The honourable thing would be to give her the house. 1an honourable action or activity deserves respect and admiration: My father didn’t think acting was an honorable profession.2behaving in a way that is morally correct and shows you have high moral standards: a principled and honourable man3an honourable arrangement or agreement is fair to everyone who is involved in it—honourably adverb
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