Elgar received many honors and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.是什么意思？

Elgar received many honors and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.

人们对埃尔加赞誉有加，但他却常觉得自己是个失败者。

Elgar

埃尔加（姓氏）；

received

adj. 被一般承认的，被认为标准的；v. 收到( receive的过去式和过去分词 )，接到，接纳，接待；

例句
All this equipment has received international acclaim from the specialist hi-fi press.
这套设备受到全球高保真音响专业报刊的赞誉。

many

adj. 许多，多的；pron. （与复数动词连用）大多数人；

例句
There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.
仍有很多人对堕胎行为表示厌恶。

honors

n. 礼仪，荣典，礼节； 大学荣誉学位，大学优等成绩，尊敬( honor的名词复数 )，敬意，荣誉，光荣；

例句
Elgar received many honors and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure...
人们对埃尔加赞誉有加，但他却常觉得自己是个失败者。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

much

adv. 非常，差不多，很多地，很大程度上；adj. 许多的，大量的；pron. 很多，大量，很好的东西，（与不可数名词连用，尤用于否定句，或与 how 连用以询问数量，也可与 as、so 和 too 连用）许多；

例句
It might help if campaigning didn't absorb so much time and money.
如果竞选活动没耗费这么多的时间和金钱，情况或许还不会这么糟。

acclaim

v. 称赞，赞扬，向…欢呼，向…喝彩；n. 公开赞扬，称誉； 热烈欢迎或赞

例句
Angela Bassett has won critical acclaim for her excellent performance...
安吉拉·贝塞特凭借其出色的表演赢得了评论界的好评。

yet

adv. 但是，还，已经，又，再；conj. 然而，但是；

例句
She had not yet become accustomed to the fact that she was a rich woman.
她还不太适应已经是一个富婆的事实。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

often

adv. 常常，经常，时常，再三；

例句
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
相对于母本DNA,基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。

considered

adj. 经过仔细考虑的，经过深思熟虑的，受尊敬的，经过深思熟虑的看法；v. 考虑( consider的过去式和过去分词)，想，注意，看重；

例句
Black was considered inappropriate because of its associations with death.
不宜用黑色，因为它让人联想到死亡。

himself

pron. （反身代词）他自己，（用以加强语气）他亲自，他本人；

例句
He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
在军事法庭上他对自己擅离职守表示服罪。

failure

n. 失败，不及格，缺乏，不足，破产，倒闭，失败的事，失败者；

例句
This was clearly a failure by someone who thought he was above failure...
这显然是认为自己根本不会失败的人所遭遇的一次失败。