尊重他人：respect有幾種用法

But sometimes the only way to gain your superior’s respect is to defy him.

——House of Cards

但有些時候，要想贏得上司的尊重就只能違抗他。

——《紙牌屋》

一、下面我們來看看respect有幾種含義

n.

1.尊敬，尊重 [U] feeling of admiration for sb / sth because of their good qualities or achievements

His manner was a blend of friendliness and respect.

他的態度是友好中帶有尊敬。

2.敬意，問候 high or special regard

Just a little token to show my respect to you.

不成敬意。

3.考慮，關心，重視 an act of giving particular attention

He did it quite without respect to the results.

他毫不考慮後果就幹了。

4.細節，方面 [U,C] a particular aspect or detail of sth

They felt that we had performed a miracle in this respect.

他們感到在這方面我們創造了奇蹟。

v.

1.尊重，尊敬 [T] to have a very good opinion of sb / sth; to admire sb / sth

If you don't respect yourself, how can you expect others to respect you?

自己不自重，又怎能受到別人尊重呢?

2.考慮；重視 [T] to consider worthy of high regard

We must respect their national customs.

我們必須考慮他們的民俗。

3.遵守；不妨害 [T] to agree not to break a law, principle, etc

We must respect the laws of a country we are in.

我們必須遵守所在國家的法律。

二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞語能表達“尊重”的意思呢？

admire, honour, respect, regard, esteem

這些動詞均含“尊重、欽佩”之意。

admire側重指對某人或某物的仰慕、欽佩，並含欣賞愛慕之情。

honour側重指對某人或某物表示極大的敬意。

respect指對人的行爲、品德、才華或成就等的仰慕尊重。尤指對年長或地位高的人的尊敬。

regard最正式用詞，中性，含義不很明確，一般需用修飾語加強或明確其意。

esteem除表示尊敬之外，還暗示由此而產生的稱讚。

三、最後，做個填詞遊戲吧

The man jammed out his cigarette to show his ______ for the lady.

那個男人拈滅了香菸以顯示他對該女士的尊敬。