Before the rules of diplomatic precedence were worked out in the early sixteenth century, rival ambassadors often fought for the most honourable seating position at a ceremony.

在16世纪早期外交优先规则制定之前，敌对的大使经常在仪式上争夺最尊贵的座位。

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She is the most honourable teacher in China.

是当今中国当之无愧的老师。

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Hope to get the most honourable your vigorously support…

希望得到最尊贵的您的大力支持…

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Britain's animal-welfare lobby has a long history, and for the most part an honourable one.

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The exhibit then moves to Scotland, where its co-organizer, the National Galleries of Scotland, has provided a series of iconic 18th-century Scottish golf portraits, among them a full-length view of the youthful, tartan-clad Sir James and Sir Alexander MacDonald (from around 1749) by William Mosman and a portrait of William Inglis, Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (circa 1790), by Sir Henry Raeburn, the most prominent portraitist of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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