1.respect的基本意思是“尊敬”,指对某人或某人的意见、行为、品德及才华等的尊重和敬佩,引申可表示“不侵犯”“遵守”某事物。
2.respect是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,还可接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
3.respect的过去分词respected可用作形容词,在句中作前置或后置定语。

respect for(v.+prep.)
因…钦佩,赞赏或尊重 admire; give (sb) honour because of (sth such as a quality or action)
▲respect sb for sth
All respect him for his honesty.他为人诚实,大家都尊敬他。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He was respected for his learning by several churchmen and other gentlemen.他的学识博得了一些牧师和其他绅士们的尊敬。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The young should respect the old.年轻人应尊重老年人。
We must respect each other's territorial integrity.我们应当尊重彼此的领土完整。
We must respect other people's feelings.我们必须尊重他人的感情。
I promise to respect your wishes.我答应尊重你的意愿。
I wish people would respect my privacy.我希望人们尊重我的隐私。
He always respected opinions from the masses.他对群众的意见历来是十分尊重的。
We deeply respect him.我们十分尊敬他。
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。All children should respect their parents.所有儿童都应尊敬父母。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Their contribution, whether large or small, was respected.他们的贡献,不管大小,都是受到尊重的。
He's respected by everyone.他受到大家尊敬。
用作宾补动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+as n./adj.
I respect him as my teacher.我把他尊为师长。
They respected diplomatic immunity as valid.他们承认外交豁免权有效。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He was highly respected as a judge and as a man.作为一个法官,作为一个人,他都受到高度的尊敬。
其他
▲v-ed as Attrib.
Please allow me to express warm welcome to our respected friends.请允许我向我们尊敬的朋友们表示热烈的欢迎。

1.respect作“尊敬”“尊重”解时,指对某人或某人的观点、才华、行为的敬慕,是不可数名词,当其前有形容词作定语时,可加不定冠词a。
2.respect作“敬意”“问候”解需要用复数形式,常与give, send或pay连用。
3.respect作“方面,点; 细节”解时,一般用于短语in every〔many,some,no,one〕 respect(s)。
4.respect后常接介词for, to或of,接for〔to〕 sb 表示尊敬的对象; 接for〔to〕 sth 则表示尊敬的原因; 接of sb 则表示“来自于谁”的尊敬。

in respect(s) (of)
1.在…方面,就…而言 concerning; with regard to
The plan is faulty in every respect.无论从哪个方面来看这项计划都有毛病。
Paris is in many respects the most interesting city in the world.巴黎在许多方面都是世界上最有趣的都市。
This room is fine except in one respect — what can I sit on?这房间很好,只是有一点——我坐在哪里呢?
In respect of strength, no country is superior to the Third World as a whole.就实力而论,没有一个国家比得上整个第三世界。
His work is good in respect of quality but bad in respect of quantity.他的工作质量很好,但数量很少。
2.作为…报酬 (in business letters) in payment for
He will be paid ￡100 in respect of the work he has done.将付给他一百英镑,作为对他工作的报酬。

in〔with〕 respect to
关于,(至于)谈到 concerning
In respect to your request, five dollars is being credited to your account.应你的要求,将五美元记入你的账上。
With respect to your other proposals,I am not yet able to tell you our decision.谈到你的其他建议,我现在还无法把我们的决定告诉你。
I can say nothing with respect to his competence as a workman, as I have no knowledge of it.关于他作为工匠的能力我无话可说,因为我对此一无所知。

without respect to
不管,不顾 without considering; without regard to
Dolf did what he thought right without respect to the consequences.道尔夫刚愎自用,一点也不考虑这样做的后果。

He fought bravely in many battles and gained their respect.他在多次战斗中表现勇敢而赢得了他们的尊敬。
His tearful family came to pay their last respects.悲伤的家人瞻仰了他的遗容。
Please send them my respects when you write.你写信的时候请代我向他们致意。
I have come to pay my respects to you.我来向你致意。
They paid their last respects to the late chairman.他们向已故主席凭吊。
Give my respects to your father.请代我问候令尊。
Pay more respect to his wishes.请更加尊重他的愿望。
With respect to our next step we must have a talk.至于我们下一步怎么办,我们必须商量一下。
Children should show respect for their teachers.孩子们应尊敬他们的老师。
We should show respect for the old.对老人我们应该表示尊重。
He has much respect for other people's feeling.他很尊重别人的感情。
If they had any respect for human life they wouldn't do such terrible things.他们如果还顾及人的性命就不会作出这样可恶的事来。
The new teacher soon won the respect of his students.这位新来的老师很快就赢得了学生们的尊重。

have respect for, have respect to
这两个短语的意思不同:前者表示“尊敬”“尊重”,可接指人或事物的词; 后者表示“注意”或“考虑”,多接指事物的词。例如:
You should have more respect for her feelings.你必须多尊重她的感情。
He had a great respect for those famous writers.他非常敬重那些著名作家。
He had no respect to my request.他不顾我的请求。
in respect of, in〔with〕 respect to
这两个短语意思不同:前者的意思是“就…而论”; 后者的意思是“关于”“至于”。例如:
Mr. Smith is senior to me in respect of
service.
在职务上,史密斯先生要比我高。
We must have a talk in〔with〕 respect to
their dispute.
关于他们的纠葛,我们有必要谈一谈。
respect, adore, esteem, honour, regard
参见honour条。
下面两句的意思不同:
The students showed their respect to her.
学生们对她表示尊敬。
(她在场)
The students showed their respect for her.
学生们对她表示尊敬。
(她可在场,也可不在场)

1.顾客们对奸商既不尊敬,也不信任。
［误］  Customers have neither respect nor faith in a merchant who cheats.
［正］  Customers have neither respect for nor faith in a merchant who cheats.
［析］  表示“对…尊敬”时可以用have (a) respect for或show respect to,名词respect和faith后面都应该有介词。
2.人人都可以上这所学校,而不考虑性别或年龄。
［误］  Everyone can come to this school, without respect of sex or age.
［误］  Everyone can come to this school, without respect for sex or age.
［正］  Everyone can come to this school, without respect to sex or age.
［析］  without respect to是固定词组,表示“不考虑,不管”,其中介词to不能改用of或for。

［同义词］ v.  admire, appreciate, attend, follow, honour, obey, regard n.  admiration, appreciation, aspect, connection, consideration
［反义词］ v.  scorn n.  disrespect
［词源］  ＜拉丁语respectus＜respicere (尊重,关心,重视)