词汇精选：esteem的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
尊敬，尊重，敬重
例句：
I adjudge him unworthy of esteem.
我认为他不值得我尊敬。
例句：
He is held in high esteem by colleagues in the construction industry.
建筑业的同行们都非常敬重他。
意见，看法，评价；名声
例句：
Since he behaved so badly, he's gone down in my esteem.
他表现非常恶劣，使我对他的看法一落千丈。
v.
尊敬，尊重，敬重 [T]
例句：
I esteem him enormously, and I ought to like him much better than you, who are a disgraceful scamp.
我对他极为敬重，我对他应该比对你多许多倍的好感，你是个可耻的恶棍。
例句：
I greatly esteem your message in the midst of our hard struggle.
您在我们奋力抗争时发来的电文让我充满了敬意。
认为，以为；考虑；估价 [T]
例句：
I esteem it a privilege to address such a distinguished audience.
我认为能向各位贵宾演讲十分荣幸。
例句：
I esteem him as a very honest man.
我认为他是一个很诚实的人。
二、词义辨析：
admire,honour,respect,regard,esteem
这些动词均含“尊重、钦佩”之意。admire侧重指对某人或某物的仰慕、钦佩，并含欣赏爱慕之情。honour侧重指对某人或某物表示极大的敬意。respect指对人的行为、品德、才华或成就等的仰慕尊重。尤指对年长或地位高的人的尊敬。 regard最正式用词，中性，含义不很明确，一般需用修饰语加强或明确其意。esteem除表示尊敬之外，还暗示由此而产生的称赞。
三、参考例句：
We all have great esteem for you.
我们都非常敬重您。
She is held in high esteem by her colleagues.
她深受同事的敬重。
The dinosaur’s skull represents the esteem of our country.
恐龙头骨标志着我们国家的尊严。
I esteem him as a very honest man.
我认为他是一个很诚实的人。
Thus reliableness becomes a passport to the general esteem and confidence of mankind.
因此诚信是人类获取尊重和信任的通行证。
I esteem it a privilege to address such a distinguished audience.
我认为能向各位贵宾演讲十分荣幸。
We esteem the highly articulate or logical people of our culture.
我们尊重我们文化中能够高度精确或逻辑的阐明事理的人物。
He is held in high esteem by colleagues in the construction industry.
建筑业的同行们都非常敬重他。
I greatly esteem your message in the midst of our hard struggle.
您在我们奋力抗争时发来的电文让我充满了敬意。
Partly this may reflect the low esteem in which plays were held as literature.
这一方面可能是因为当时戏剧在文学界并不被看重。
