regard

regard, adore, esteem, honour, respect

这几个词都有“尊敬,尊重”的意思。它们的区别在于:respect指对人的意见,行为,品德及才华等的尊重; esteem和regard比respect庄重,程度也更进一步,指十分尊重,并含有爱戴的意思; honour指公开表示尊重; adore在口语中还有非常喜欢的意思,作“敬爱,崇拜,爱慕”解。例如:

He was such a selfless man; everybody respected him. 他是这样一个大公无私的人,人人都尊敬他。

The old teacher was much loved and esteemed.这位老教师很受大家的爱戴。

I have always regarded him highly.我一直很尊重他。

He adores a famous scientist.他崇拜一位著名的科学家。

Flowers are placed before his grave to honour his memory.人们在他墓前放上鲜花以表示对他的敬意。

regard, consider

这两个词都有“把…看作”“认为”的意思。它们之间的区别是:

1.consider强调经过考虑后得出比较客观的看法; 而regard则常指对外表的看法或凭眼睛所见而作的评价,强调主观地认为。试比较:

They consider his brother an honest man.

他们认为他哥哥是个诚实的人。

We regard her as a poor woman.

我们把她当作穷女人。(但实际上她 却可能很有钱)

2.consider不仅能直接带复合宾语,而且能用to be或as结构,且to be/as常可省略; regard只可接as,且不能省略。下面几个句子的意思相同:

I consider him a fool.

I consider him as a fool.

I consider him to be a fool.

I regard him as a fool.

我认为他是一个傻瓜。

3.consider后可以接that从句,而regard则不可以。

as regards, in regard to, with regard to

这三个短语均为正式用语,用以引导要讨论的话题,意为“关于,至于”,三者通常可以互换,但in regard to一般不放在句首,而其他两者则可以。