honorable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hon·or·a·ble /ˈɒnərəbəl $ ˈɑːn-/ adjective x-refthe American spelling of honourable honourable的美式拼法
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honorable• I do not come to bring you help, but only pain, To show you that your son was honorable.• Dunne was an honorable and conscientious public servant.• Military service was considered an honorable career choice.• Ah, but my dear honorable chief, my daughter is just a child.• The honorable course is to go home from the dance with the one who brought you.• My migrant-worker parents were good people who lived honorable, hardworking lives, but I wanted some-thing more.• They are resilient, honorable, loyal and unabashedly in love with their fighters, often serving as devoted father figures.• Jasper was going to do the honorable thing, but three days before the wedding the woman miscarried.hon·or·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
honourable of the spelling American Corpus
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Honorable
Honourable
British English, Honorable American English adjective
1. (written abbreviation Hon.) used in Britain in the titles of children whose father is a lord and in the titles of judges and Members of Parliament
2. (written abbreviation Hon.) used in the US when writing to or about a judge or important person in the government
3. the Honourable Gentleman/the Honourable Lady/my Honourable Friend/the Honourable Member used by British members of parliament when talking to or about each other in the House of Commons
⇨ Right Honourable
Honourable
British English, Honorable American English adjective1. (written abbreviation Hon.) used in Britain in the titles of children whose father is a lord and in the titles of judges and Members of Parliament
2. (written abbreviation Hon.) used in the US when writing to or about a judge or important person in the government
3. the Honourable Gentleman/the Honourable Lady/my Honourable Friend/the Honourable Member used by British members of parliament when talking to or about each other in the House of Commons
⇨ Right Honourable
honorable
hon‧or‧a‧ble /ˈɒnərəbəl $ ˈɑːn-/ adjective
the American spelling of honourable
hon·our·a·ble British English, honorable American English /ˈɒnərəbəl $ ˈɑːn-/ adjective
1. an honourable action or activity deserves respect and admiration:
My father didn’t think acting was an honorable profession.
2. behaving in a way that is morally correct and shows you have high moral standards:
a principled and honourable man
3. an honourable arrangement or agreement is fair to everyone who is involved in it
—honourably adverb
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adjectivethe American spelling of honourable
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British English, honorable American English /ˈɒnərəbəl $ ˈɑːn-/ adjective1. an honourable action or activity deserves respect and admiration:
2. behaving in a way that is morally correct and shows you have high moral standards:
3. an honourable arrangement or agreement is fair to everyone who is involved in it
—honourably adverb
especially