honour / honor 用法注意点

2023-01-04 14:57:00来源:网络

1. 泛指一般意义的“荣誉”“光荣”“信誉”等,是不可数名词;具体指“使感到光荣的事或人”或“荣幸”等,是可数名词,但多用单数形式。如:

To lose honour is more than to lose life. 失去信誉(荣誉)甚于失去生命。

It’s a great honour to receive that prize. 能获得那个奖中无上的荣耀。

比较下面两句:

H brought honour to his family. 他为家庭争了光。

He is an honour to his family. 他是全家人的光荣。

2. do sb honour与do honour to sb都可以说,有以下两种主要用法:

(1) 对某人表示敬意或纪念。如:

They did honour to the dead. 他们向死者致敬。

(2) 给某人带来荣誉或使某人受到尊敬。如:

His contributions to science do honour to our country. 他在科学上的贡献为祖国增了光。

比较同义句:

We attended his birthday party to do himhonour.=We attended his birthday party to do honour to him. 我们 参加了他的生日晚会以表示对他的敬意。

3. 用于do sb the honour of doing [to do] sth,用于修饰honour的定语可以是不定式,也可以是of doing sth,其意为“给某人面子做某事”“给某人做某事的荣幸”。如:

Would you do me the honour of dancing with me?=Would you do me the honour to dance with me? 能请你跳曲舞吗?

类似地,用于have the honour of doing [to do] sth,用于修饰honour的定语可以是不定式,也可以是of doing sth,其意为“有幸做某事”“荣幸地做某事”。如:

May I have the honour of dancing with you?=May Ihave the honour to dance with you? 能请你跳曲舞吗?

4. 用于 in honour of, 相当于一个复合介词,其意为“为向……表示敬意”“为纪念……”“为祝贺……”“为欢迎……”“为招待……”等。如:

We had a party in honour of his birthday. 为了祝贺他的生日我们举行了一个晚会。

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