他向他的前任老师致敬。

He ___paid ___tribute ___to his former teacher.

虽然这可能看起来不是这样，但这只是向圣雄甘地致敬的一种方式，因为他总是鼓励人们回归传统和习俗。

Although it may not seem so, this is just a way of ___paying ___tribute ___to Mahatma Gandhi, since he always encouraged people to return to their traditions and customs.

总统向为国家牺牲生命的士兵们致敬。

The president ___paid ___tribute ___to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country.