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honor-bound

/on-er-bound/US // ˈɒn ərˈbaʊnd //

保有荣誉,保有尊严,恪守诚信,恪守承诺

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.

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Examples

  • These days, to be featured by Travel Noire on Instagram is like a badge of honor for many black millennial travelers.

  • That act forever sealed his feeling for the Chief, bound it up with the war, with violence, with the gun.

  • They were born in 51 countries and speak 59 foreign languages, but they seemed bound by a single purpose and resolve.

  • In honor of her big year, here are some little-known facts about the songstress, courtesy of BuzzFeed.

  • One of the honor guard approached with slow, measured steps and presented the flag to a uniformed captain.

  • On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • A good many children seem to be like savages in distinguishing those to whom one is bound to speak the truth.

  • These officers are bound to maintayne themselves and families with food and rayment by their owne and their servant's industrie.

  • Gourges fitted out three vessels and 150 soldiers at his own expense to revenge their death, and repair the honor of his nation.