pay one's last respects

短语

词形变化

pays one's last respects 三单 paying one's last respects 现在分词 paid one's last respects 过去式 paid one's last respects 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others.

    不及物

    1822 The Christian Journal, and Literary Register Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a crowded congregation of friends and mourners, who came together to pay their last respects to the remains of their friend and benefactor