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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
honourable
hon·our·able (especially US hon·or·able)BrE [ˈɒnərəbl] NAmE [ˈɑːnərəbl] adjective
1. deserving respect and admiration
•a long and honourable career in government
•They managed an honourable 2–2 draw.
•With a few honourable exceptions, the staff were found to be incompetent.
2. showing high moral standards
•an honourable man
3. allowing sb to keep their good name and the respect of others
•an honourable compromise
•They urged her to do the honourable thing and resign.
•He received an honourable discharge from the army.
Opp: ↑dishonourable
4. the Honourable (abbr.Hon)only before noun (in Britain) a title used by a child of some ranks of the ↑nobility
5. the/my Honourable… (abbr.Hon)only before noun (in Britain), a title used by Members of Parliament when talking about or to another Member during a debate
•If my Honourable Friend would give me a chance to answer,…
•Would the Honourable Member agree that…?
6. (abbr.Hon)a title of respect used by an official of high rank
•the Honorable Alan Simpson, US senator
compare ↑Right Honourable Use an, not a, before honourable.
Derived Word: ↑honourably
See also: ↑honorably
Word Origin:
[honourable honourably] Middle English: via Old French from Latin honorabilis, from honor ‘honour’.
Culture:
In Britain the title the Honourable is used for the children of ↑barons and ↑viscounts and the daughters and younger sons of ↑earls. In the US the Honorable is used as a title of respect used before the names of certain important officials, but not when speaking to or about them. They include members of ↑Congress, the US ↑Attorney General, members of the ↑Supreme Court, other judges, members of the President’s Cabinet, US ambassadors, state governors and mayors
Example Bank:
•My intentions were perfectly honourable.
•a very honourable man
•He was an honourable man who could not lie.
•I'm sure she's honourable enough, but does that mean she's the best person to negotiate?
•She had a long and honourable career in government.
•The only honourable thing to do is to resign.
•The team managed an honourable 2–2 draw.
•With a few honourable exceptions, most of the staff were found to be incompetent.
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