She digressed from her prepared speech to pay tribute to the president.

她偏离了预先准备的讲稿，对总统表示了敬意。

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We should pay tribute to soldiers died in defence of our country.

我们应该向保卫祖国而牺牲了的军人表示敬意。

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In closing, I must pay tribute to the man I once criticized.

结笔之际，我要对一个我批评过的人致敬。

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Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going through the motions, and pay tribute to one another, then furl up the flags then go our separate ways."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

The pope is in Angola to meet with leaders of the country's 10 million Catholics and pay tribute to the religion's long history.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The Queen is to pay tribute to the nation's Olympic and Paralympic athletes in her Christmas broadcast.

BBC: Queen's Christmas message hails Olympic stars

Those close to the British prime minister pay tribute to Clinton's grasp of policy detail.

CNN: A president who never stopped being a politician

Still, even her critics pay tribute to her high intelligence and astonishing work rate.

ECONOMIST: American diplomacy