praise or an award for an achievement that people admire赞扬；表扬；奖励；荣誉- Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three-star rating.4 家餐馆被授予三星级餐馆的最高荣誉称号。
- a long list of industry accolades一长串工业界的荣誉
- He was finally awarded the ultimate accolade —British Hairdresser of the Year—in 2007.2007年，他终于获得了最高奖项－英国年度发型师奖。
Topics Successc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + accoladeSee full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from Provençal acolada, literally ‘embrace around the neck (when bestowing knighthood)’, from Latin ad- ‘at, to’ + collum ‘neck’.