- [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 Word OriginMiddle 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.