honour / honor 用法注意點

1. 泛指一般意義的“榮譽”“光榮”“信譽”等，是不可數(shù)名詞；具體指“使感到光榮的事或人”或“榮幸”等，是可數(shù)名詞，但多用單數(shù)形式。如：

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

It’s a great honour to receive that prize. 能獲得那個獎中無上的榮耀。

比較下面兩句：

H brought honour to his family. 他為家庭爭了光。

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

2. do sb honour與do honour to sb都可以說，有以下兩種主要用法：

(1) 對某人表示敬意或紀(jì)念。如：

They did honour to the dead. 他們向死者致敬。

(2) 給某人帶來榮譽或使某人受到尊敬。如：

His contributions to science do honour to our country. 他在科學(xué)上的貢獻(xiàn)為祖國增了光。

比較同義句：

We attended his birthday party to do himhonour.=We attended his birthday party to do honour to him. 我們 參加了他的生日晚會以表示對他的敬意。

3. 用于do sb the honour of doing [to do] sth，用于修飾honour的定語可以是不定式，也可以是of doing sth，其意為“給某人面子做某事”“給某人做某事的榮幸”。如：

Would you do me the honour of dancing with me?=Would you do me the honour to dance with me? 能請你跳曲舞嗎?

類似地，用于have the honour of doing [to do] sth，用于修飾honour的定語可以是不定式，也可以是of doing sth，其意為“有幸做某事”“榮幸地做某事”。如：

May I have the honour of dancing with you?=May Ihave the honour to dance with you? 能請你跳曲舞嗎?

4. 用于 in honour of, 相當(dāng)于一個復(fù)合介詞，其意為“為向……表示敬意”“為紀(jì)念……”“為祝賀……”“為歡迎……”“為招待……”等。如：

We had a party in honour of his birthday. 為了祝賀他的生日我們舉行了一個晚會。