respect

• n. 尊敬，尊重；方麵；敬意
• vt. 尊敬，尊重；遵守

re-,再，-spect,看，詞源同 specter,retrospect.即再看，反複看，引申詞義尊敬，尊重。

respect

respect: [14] Respect and respite [13] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to respectus, the past participle of Latin respicere ‘look back at’, hence ‘look at, regard, consider’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and specere ‘look’ (source of English spectacle, speculate, etc). Respectus passed into English, perhaps via Old French respect, as respect, in the sense ‘regard, relation’ (as in with respect to); the key modern meaning ‘deference, esteem’ developed towards the end of the 16th century.

An earlier borrowing of respectus into Old French produced respit, which preserved another meaning of the Latin word, ‘refuge’. This was the source of English respite.
=> inspect, respite, spectacle, spectator

respect (n.)

late 14c., "relationship, relation; regard, consideration," from Old French respect and directly from Latin respectus "regard, a looking at," literally "act of looking back (or often) at one," noun use of past participle of respicere "look back at, regard, consider," from re- "back" (see re-) + specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meanings "feeling of esteem excited by actions or attributes of someone or something; courteous or considerate treatment due to personal worth or power" are from 1580s, as is sense of "point, particular feature."

respect (v.)

1540s, "to regard," from Middle French respecter "look back; respect; delay," from Latin respectere, frequentative of respicere (see respect (n.). Meaning "treat with deferential regard or esteem" is from 1550s. Sense of "refrain from injuring" is from 1620s. Meaning "have reference to" is from 1560s. Related: Respected; respecting.

To respect the person was "show undue bias toward (or against) based on regard for the outward circumstances of a person;" hence respecter of persons, usually with negative, from Acts x:34, in the 1611 translation.

1. The treaty binds them to respect their neighbour's independence.

條約規定他們必須尊重其鄰國的獨立。

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2. We need to restore respect for the law-enforcement agencies.

我們需要重塑執法機構的聲望。

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3. I respect his judgement and I'll follow any advice he gives me.

我尊重他的判斷能力，會接受他提出的任何建議。

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4. With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question.

部長，恕我冒昧，您還沒有回答我的問題。

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5. In the treaty both sides pledge to respect human rights.

雙方在條約中都承諾將尊重人權。

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