accolade

单词辨析:

compliment accolade commendation 【导航词义:赞赏】
compliment n. 称赞,赞赏
〔辨析〕

侧重于客气和礼貌的赞扬,有时含恭维之意。

〔例证〕

The boss paid her a compliment because of her diligence.

上司夸奖她工作勤奋。

Being compared to Rammstein is a great compliment.

能和德国战车乐队相提并论是极大的荣耀。

All his guests paid him extravagant compliments.

他的所有客人都对他赞不绝口。

You can do no harm by paying her compliments.

对她说些恭维话没有坏处。

accolade n. [正式]称赞,奖励
〔辨析〕

指因某种成就而受到的赞誉或奖励。

〔例证〕

Her new discovery received accolades from the papers.

她的新发现受到报纸的赞扬。

He enjoys the double-edged accolade of being a 'friend of China'.

他很享受作为“中国人的朋友”而获得的双方的赞誉。

She received the highest accolades in the music business.

她获得了音乐界的最高奖项。

Her approval was the highest accolade that I could have received.

她的嘉许就是我所能得到的最高赞赏。

commendation n. 称赞,表彰
〔辨析〕

尤指对勇敢或很成功的人的赞扬,通常后接介词 for。

〔例证〕

Three of the firefighters received commendations for their bravery.

消防人员中有3位因表现英勇而受到表彰。

The local government issued an order of commendation to them.

地方政府给他们颁发了嘉奖令。

His conduct earned the commendation of the prime minister.

他的行为赢得了首相的赞赏。

相关例句:

I Dreamed A Dream looks to be on track to vie for the accolade of having this year` s biggest first week sale, a record held by JLS for their self-titled which sold over 230,000 copies earlier this month.

看来,专辑《我曾有梦》已经步入正轨,可以竞争今年的首周销量榜首宝座。目前这个纪录是由JLS组合在本月初创下的,他们的同名专辑首周销量超过23万。

Some of them went ★ as far as9 to say he has been cured-the first gene therapy patient to receive that accolade in Britain, and only the second gene therapy "cure" worldwide.

其中一些医生甚至说他已经治好了&这是英国第一个得到这种赞美的基因治疗病人,在世界上也仅仅是第二个经基因治疗“治愈”的病例。

He felt himself God's own mad lover, and no accolade of knighthood could have given him greater pride.

他觉得自己便是上帝那发了狂的情人,即使封他做骑士也不会让他更为骄矜得意。

In fact, the performance which won irons his most important accolade yet was neither his most difficult nor his best.

事实上,艾恩斯赢得最重要赞誉的那次演出既不是他的难度最大,也不是他的表现最佳的演出。

But, alas, few affordable restaurants these days rarely, if ever, offer anything that comes close to earning the much-desired "gourmet" accolade.

但是,唉,现在很少有负担得起的餐馆,假如有,提供容易赢得渴望想得到「美食家」盛重赞美。

And while the personal accolade may be scant reward for a runners-up medal, he can be justifiably proud of his performances at this FIFA World Cup.

也许个人荣誉比不上一块亚军奖牌,但是,他绝对有理由为自己在FIFA世界杯上的精彩表现而感到骄傲。