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honorary

/on-uh-rer-ee/US // ˈɒn əˌrɛr i //UK // (ˈɒnərərɪ, ˈɒnrərɪ) //

荣誉,荣誉性,名誉,荣誉奖

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
    • : holding a title or position conferred for honor only: an honorary president.
    • : depending on one's honor for fulfillment.
    • : conferring or commemorating honor or distinction.
    • : given, made, or serving as a token of honor: an honorary gift.

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Examples

  • Kuntzler, 79, who holds the status as one of two living honorary lifetime members of the club, appears to be the only member to speak out against a name change.

  • Lastly, the recipients of this year’s two honorary awards are each notable for their LGBTQ connections.

  • Those who thrived in pandemic-era PPC deserve some sort of advanced honorary degree in “PPC’ology.”

  • The announcement of the emergency on Tuesday brought back memories of that “very traumatic period,” said Bridget Welsh, honorary research associate at the Asia Research Institute, University of Nottingham Malaysia.

  • Besso was in Trieste working as an engineering consultant, but he came when he could, and as Einstein’s closest friend, he was made an honorary member of the Academy.

  • Congress unanimously passed a bill to make Bernardo de Galvez an honorary citizen of the United States in 2014.

  • Bratton now announced that he was appointing Ramos an honorary chaplain at the 84th Precinct where he was assigned.

  • An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.

  • Most of the vendors were, like this woman, honorary Jews for the night, not that Jews have a monopoly on potato pancakes.

  • Irishman Bob Geldof was famously made an honorary knight for his work for Live Aid.

  • Certain other officers are also paid, but the vice-presidency and councillorships are honorary posts.

  • He was given an honorary degree of the university of Oxford in 1886, and in 1888 a statue of him was erected at Birmingham.

  • During the whole time the club has only had two honorary secretaries, the past and the present.

  • (p. 66) That the naval officers who are honorary members have been valued friends to the club goes without saying.

  • That gives one the honorary rank of captain, but it may be a long time before I get appointed to that rank.