mass noun
- respect and admiration, typically for a person尊敬, 敬重：
he was held in high esteem by colleagues.
他深受同事们的尊敬。
with obj.(一般作be esteemed)
1- respect and admire尊敬, 敬重：
many of these qualities are esteemed by managers
其中的许多品质受经理们推崇
as adj., with submodifier (esteemed) a highly esteemed scholar.一位深受敬重的学者。
1.1
- formal consider; deem〈正式〉认为, 以为; 把…看作：
with two objs I should esteem it a favour if you could speak to them.如果你能与他们谈谈, 我不胜感激。
词源
Middle English （as a noun in the sense 'worth, reputation'）： from Old French estime (noun), estimer (verb), from Latin aestimare 'to estimate'. The verb was originally in the Latin sense, also 'appraise' （compare with ESTIMATE）, used figuratively to mean 'assess the merit of'. Current senses date from the 16th cent.