Old English heanes; see high (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "royalty, excellence, nobility" is early 13c.; Your Highness as a form of address to English royalty is attested from c. 1400.
雙語例句
1. Her Royal Highness has definite views about most things.
女王陛下對大多數(shù)事情都有明確的觀點。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The preparations for the reception of his Royal Highness proceeded.
迎接殿下到來的準備工作在有序進行。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent opened an art exhibition recently.
肯特公爵夫人殿下最近為一個藝術展覽揭幕。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He was, according to witnesses, extremely wintry with Her Royal Highness.