2012年10月1日 星期一

in honor of, homage/ Homage to Catalonia

 Madrid Struggles With Homage to Catalonia
Even as the euro-zone fights to unite at a national level, the strains of the crisis are showing up further down the political chain. In Spain, Catalonia illustrates the struggle over who should pay the costs of the financial crisis.


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Homage to Catalonia

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Homage to Catalonia is political journalist and novelist George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War. The first ...



Hundreds Kiss In NYC In Honor Of End Of WWII
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The celebration followed the official announcement that Japan had accepted the terms of Potsdam conference and surrendered.

In celebration of, as a mark of respect for, as in We are holding a banquet in honor of the president. [c. 1300]


hom·age (hŏm'ĭj, ŏm'-) pronunciation


n.
  1. Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law.
  2. Special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly. See synonyms at honor.
[Middle English, from Old French, probably from omne, homme, man, from Latin homō, homin-.]

homage[hom・age]
 

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[hɑ'midʒ | hɔ'm-]

[名][U]((形式))
1 尊敬, 敬意;(封建時代の)臣従の礼[誓い]
dorender] homage to ...
…に忠誠を誓う
paydo] homage to ...
…に敬意を払う.
2 主従の関係.
3 (臣下としての)行為.
[古フランス語←ラテン語homo(人)+-AGE=人に仕えること. △HUMAN(人)]

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