Respectfulness is the quality of treating people, places, or ideas with care and honour. If you have it, you listen, you do not talk over someone, and you do not laugh at what matters to them.

Respectfulness is它指的是 the quality of treating people, places, or ideas with care and honour用心與尊重去對待人、地方或理念的這種特質。If you have it如果你有這種特質，you listen你會傾聽，you do not talk over someone不會打斷別人說話，and you do not laugh at what matters to them也不會嘲笑他們在乎的事。

It is the noun from respectful — the habit itself, not one polite moment. In everyday talk people usually just say respect: “show some respect.” Though actually, respectfulness points a little more to the way you usually are, a settled manner, while a single kind act might only be called respect.

It is the noun from respectful它是respectful的名詞——the habit itself, not one polite moment指的是這種習慣本身，而不是一次禮貌的舉動。In everyday talk people usually just say respect日常口語裡大家通常只會說respect：「show some respect」（放尊重一點）。Though actually不過respectfulness points a little more to the way you usually are respectfulness更偏向你一貫的樣子，a settled manner一種穩定的態度，while a single kind act might only be called respect而單一次的善意舉動可能只會被稱作respect。

You can speak of respectfulness toward elders, toward a religion, or toward a rule. Speakers almost always mean it as a good thing. It belongs to careful or school-like English more than to a chat with friends.

You can speak of respectfulness toward elders, toward a religion, or toward a rule你可以說對長輩、對宗教、或對規則的respectfulness。Speakers almost always mean it as a good thing說這個字的人幾乎都是把它當正面的事在講。It belongs to careful or school-like English more than to a chat with friends它比較屬於講究措辭、學校式的英文，而不是跟朋友閒聊的用語。