honor

• n. 名誉；信用；称号
• vt.名誉を与える（名誉に等しい）；名誉を与える

ラテン語の honor, respect, honor, fame から。名誉、栄光、栄誉などから派生した。

honor (n.)

c. 1200, "glory, renown, fame earned," from Anglo-French honour, Old French honor (Modern French honneur), from Latin honorem (nominative honos, later honor) "honor, dignity, office, reputation," of unknown origin. Till 17c., honour and honor were equally frequent; the former now preferred in England, the latter in U.S. by influence of Noah Webster's spelling reforms. Meaning "a woman's chastity" first attested late 14c. Honors "distinction in scholarship" attested by 1782. Honor roll in the scholastic sense attested by 1872. To do the honors (1650s) originally meant the customary civilities and courtesies at a public entertainment, etc.

honor (v.)

mid-13c., honuren, "to do honor to," from Old French honorer, from Latin honorare, from honor (see honor (n.)). In the commercial sense of "accept a bill due, etc.," it is recorded from 1706. Related: Honored; honoring.

A custom more honoured in the breach than the observance. Whoever will look up the passage (Hamlet I. iv. 16) will see that it means, beyond a doubt, a custom that one deserves more honour for breaking than for keeping: but it is often quoted in the wrong & very different sense of a dead letter or rule more often broken than kept. [Fowler]

1. The Chinese make a point of their personal honor .

中国人は個人の栄誉を特に重視している。

2.I feel honor bound to repay the money I borrowed.

私は借りたお金を返す責任があると思います。

3.It 's quite an honor to have two men fighting over me.

2人が私を求めて争ってくれて光栄です。

4.He swore by his honor he would return the bike.

彼は自分の名誉で誓って、自転車の返却を保証した。

5.They ran up a flag in honor of the president 's visit.

大統領の訪問を歓迎するために旗を掲げた。