honorary

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a. 荣誉的, 无报酬的, 道义上的 [法] 名誉的, 荣誉的

发音

US /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/
其它

词形变化

honoraries 复数

别名

honourary

教材释义与例句

形容词

荣誉的；名誉的；道义上的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who holds an honorary appointment.

  2. 2.

    A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement.

    美国
  3. 1.

    An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Given as an honor, with no duties attached, and without payment.

    honorary degree; honorary citizen

  2. 2.

    Voluntary.

  3. 3.

    Unofficial; practically. Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels.

    Megsie is an honorary employee because she helps other customers while she shops here.

    I consider you an honorary member of our family because you've been with us for so long.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 1

unearned

相关短语

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词源

From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honōrārius.

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