esteem

noun

/ɪˈstiːm/

[uncountable] (formal)

great respect and approval; a good opinion of somebody尊重；敬重；好评
- She is held in high esteem by her colleagues.她深受同事们的敬重。
- Over the years, he has earned our affection and esteem.多年来，他赢得了我们的喜爱和尊敬。
- Please accept this small gift as a token of our esteem.小小礼物，聊表敬意，请笑纳。
see also self-esteem
- Her work has been steadily gaining critical esteem in recent years.近几年，她的作品逐渐获得评论界的认可。
- I have great esteem for you.我非常尊重你。
- I needed to do it for my own personal esteem.为了自尊，我需要做这件事。
- Recent reviews of her work have raised her esteem.有关她作品的近期评论提升了她的声望。
- We parted with expressions of mutual esteem.我们分别时相互表达了敬意。
- the high public esteem now enjoyed by the armed forces武装部队如今享有的来自公众的高度尊重
- the level of social esteem accorded to doctors社会对医生的尊重程度
- the public's esteem for the president公众对总统的尊敬
- the status of teachers in the public esteem教师在公众心目中的地位
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- high
- low
- …
verb + esteem
- earn
- enjoy
- have
- …
preposition
- in… esteem
- esteem for
- esteem of
- …
phrases
- hold somebody/something in great, high, low, etc. esteem
- a mark of esteem
- a token of esteem
- …
词源Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘worth, reputation’): from Old French estime (noun), estimer (verb), from Latin aestimare ‘to estimate’. The verb was originally in the Latin sense, also ‘appraise’ (compare with estimate), used figuratively to mean ‘assess the merit of’. Current senses date from the 16th cent.

esteem

verb

/ɪˈstiːm/

(formal) not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they esteem	/ɪˈstiːm/ /ɪˈstiːm/
he / she / it esteems	/ɪˈstiːmz/ /ɪˈstiːmz/
past simple esteemed	/ɪˈstiːmd/ /ɪˈstiːmd/
past participle esteemed	/ɪˈstiːmd/ /ɪˈstiːmd/
past simple esteeming	/ɪˈstiːmɪŋ/ /ɪˈstiːmɪŋ/
past participle esteeming	/ɪˈstiːmɪŋ/ /ɪˈstiːmɪŋ/

[usually passive] to respect and admire somebody/something very much尊重；敬重
- be esteemed (by somebody) Many of these qualities are esteemed by managers.这些特点有很多受到经理们的赞赏。
- a highly esteemed scientist深受敬重的科学家
- be esteemed as something He was esteemed as a dedicated and imaginative scholar.他被认为是一位敬业且富有想象力的学者。
- be esteemed among somebody This rose is esteemed among connoisseurs for its colour and scent.这种玫瑰因其颜色和香味而受到鉴赏家的尊敬。
esteem somebody/something + noun (old-fashioned, formal) to think of somebody/something in a particular way把…看作；认为
- We esteem it a privilege to have you with us.我们认为有你和我们在一起是一种荣幸。
- She was esteemed the perfect novelist.她被认为是完美的小说家。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

词源Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘worth, reputation’): from Old French estime (noun), estimer (verb), from Latin aestimare ‘to estimate’. The verb was originally in the Latin sense, also ‘appraise’ (compare with estimate), used figuratively to mean ‘assess the merit of’. Current senses date from the 16th cent.