deference「尊重，遵從」的運用

Word of the Day ： February 28， 2021

deference

尊重；遵從；聽從

noun DEF-uh-runss

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Definition

:

respect and esteem due a superior or an elder；

also

:

affected or ingratiating regard for another‘s wishes

尊重上級或尊敬長輩；也：假裝或討好似的尊重他人的意願。

Examples

“The 41-page filing answered government arguments that appeals rules give trial judges a lot of

deference

to make findings about facts， such as whether a juror is following court rules。” — Steve Patterson，

The Florida Times-Union

（Jacksonville， Florida）， 19 Jan。 2021

這份長達41頁的政府檔案回答了關於上訴規則的論述，在對事實進行調查時，應給予審判法官極大的尊重，例如陪審員是否遵守法院的規則。”

“’Where once he was a youthful firebrand，‘ Mr。 Peterson said， Mr。 Museveni ’now speaks as an elder， reminding his people about the virtues of the old culture， demanding

deference

， excoriating the decadence of the young。‘” — Abdi Latif Dahir，

The New York Times

， 16 Jan。 2021

彼得森說：“穆森韋尼先生曾經是年輕的火把，現在是一名長者，他提醒人們尊重古老的文化美德，貶低年輕人的頹廢（享樂主義）。”

Did You Know？

We need to be specific when we tell you that

deference

and

defer

both derive from the Medieval Latin

dēferre

， which means “to convey， show respect， submit to a decision，” because there are two

defers

in the English language。 The

defer

related to

deference

is typically used with

to

in contexts having to do either with allowing someone else to decide or choose something， as in “I’ll defer to the experts，” or with agreeing to follow someone else‘s decision， wish， etc。， as when a court defers to precedent。 The other

defer

traces to the Latin

differre

， meaning “to carry away in varying directions， spread abroad， postpone， delay， be unlike or distinct。” That

defer

is typically used in contexts having to do with delaying or postponing something， as in “a willingness to defer the decision until next month。”

當我們需具體像你說明“respect”和“defer”都來自中世紀拉丁語dēferre，意思是“ to convey ，show respect，submit to a decision『傳達、表尊重、服從決定』”，因為英語中有兩種“defer”。與deference『尊重』相關的defer通常用於to，在允許他人做某些決定或選擇某事的語境中，如“I’ll defer to the experts{我將遵從專家的意見}”，或同意遵循他人的決定、意願等，如when a court defers to precedent『法院遵從先例』。另一個defer可以追溯到拉丁語differre，意思是“to carry away in varying directions， spread abroad， postpone， delay， be unlike or distinct『帶去了不同的地方、傳播、延期、推遲、不同的』”。這個defer通常用於決定推遲某事，比如“a willingness to defer the decision until next month『希望推遲到下個月做決定』”。

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deference

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