English to afrikaans meaning of

laurels

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "louere" verwys na 'n krans of krans van lourierblare, gewoonlik op die kop gedra as 'n simbool van oorwinning of eer. Die woord kan ook figuurlik gebruik word om eerbewyse, onderskeidings of prestasies te beskryf wat deur groot moeite of vaardigheid behaal word, of as 'n verwysing na iemand wat op hul vorige prestasies rus.

Synonyms

  1. award
  2. accolade
  3. honor
  4. honour

Sentence Examples

  1. The fair woman who is a woman of honour, and whose husband is poor, deserves to be crowned with the laurels and crowns of victory and triumph.
  2. But to say that he possesses it at all is to say that he needs only zeal, industry, and a reverence for the trust reposed in him, to achieve the proudest triumphs and the greenest laurels.
  3. They were insignificant still, in a district where laurels were infrequent, they might shine.
  4. The bustle of the café, the familiarity, the oasis of the plaza with its exotic laurels and eucalypts, there is nowhere on the island to match it.
  5. But let us take care that we do not rest on our laurels.
  6. He longed for rest and quiet he sank upon the bed of laurels which had been heaped up for him for so many days past it might almost have been said that he seemed bowed beneath the weight of the new debts which he had incurred for the purpose of giving the greatest possible honor to this fete.
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