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

——House of Cards

但有些時(shí)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(tài)度是友好中帶有尊敬。

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2.敬意，問候?high or special regard

Just a little token to show my respect to you.

不成敬意。

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3.考慮，關(guān)心，重視?an act of giving particular attention

He did it quite without respect to the results.

他毫不考慮后果就干了。

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4.細(xì)節(jié)，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(chuàng)造了奇跡。

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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?

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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。

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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(guó)家的法律。

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二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞語(yǔ)能表達(dá)“尊重”的意思呢？

admire, honour, respect, regard, esteem

這些動(dòng)詞均含“尊重、欽佩”之意。

admire側(cè)重指對(duì)某人或某物的仰慕、欽佩，并含欣賞愛慕之情。

honour側(cè)重指對(duì)某人或某物表示極大的敬意。

respect指對(duì)人的行為、品德、才華或成就等的仰慕尊重。尤指對(duì)年長(zhǎng)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(yǔ)加強(qiáng)或明確其意。

esteem除表示尊敬之外，還暗示由此而產(chǎn)生的稱贊。

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三、最后，做個(gè)填詞游戲吧

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

那個(gè)男人拈滅了香煙以顯示他對(duì)該女士的尊敬。