veneration

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n.  尊敬

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BNC.22507 / COCA.21317

柯林斯词典

• VERB 尊重;敬仰;崇敬
  If youveneratesomeone or something, you value them or feel great respect for them.
  1. My father venerated General Eisenhower.
     我父亲十分敬仰艾森豪威尔将军。

英英释义

noun

• religious zeal
  Synonym:idolatrydevotioncultism
• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  1. the fear of God
  2. the Chinese reverence for the dead
  3. the French treat food with gentle reverence
  4. his respect for the law bordered on veneration
  Synonym:fearreverenceawe

双语例句

• Secular historians would link the veneration of Mary to the pre-Christian cult of female divinities, such as the Egyptians 'isis-who was conceived by her followers as a Madonna figure nursing a holy child-or the Romans' Diana.
  历史学家则把圣母玛丽的尊崇与某些基督教之前宗教的女性神祗联系起来，如埃及的伊西斯神；追随者心目中，她是哺育着神圣婴孩的女性形象。
• And happiness of the nation I have acquired an habitual attachment to it and veneration for it.
  及国家幸福的影响，我业已满怀喜爱之意，崇敬之情。
• After the reforms of King Josiah, there was a threat that the veneration of Sophia would come to a halt-there was even more of a threat when patriarchal Christianity took over the world.
  约书亚国王的改革之后，对索菲娅崇拜产生了威胁，不得不终止&这甚至比父权制的基督教接管世界的威胁更加大。
• This change is remarkable, in light of extensive government efforts during that same time-period to extirpate veneration of Marian images, and to direct Christian worship to the written word.
  这个转变是值得注意的，就是在那个时期，根据政府的广大努力，消灭了玛丽亚肖像的崇拜，直接向耶稣祷告写入了法令。
• Protestants will not typically call the respect or honor that they may have for Mary veneration because of the special religious significance that this term has in the Catholic practice.
  新教徒对于玛丽亚崇拜方面，并不典型地称呼“尊重”或者“尊敬”，因为这个术语特别的宗教意义已经在天主教的实践里面了。
• The Olympics are not simply athletic championships, but embody a sense of honor, a sense of art and literature, and a veneration of beauty.
  奥林匹克运动会不仅仅是体育竞赛，它还包含着一种荣誉感和对美的崇敬，并且与文化艺术融为一体。
• But, in the US, a generalised attachment to liberty has somehow turned into an unquestioning veneration of the constitution that has become almost quasi-religious.
  但是在美国，凡事都扯上自由在某种程度上变成了一种对宪法的绝对崇拜，这差不多已经变成一种准宗教情结了。
• This statue is an object of religious veneration.
  这座塑像是宗教崇拜的对象。
• I acquired lasting respect for tradition and veneration for the past.
  我开始对传统和历史产生了持久的敬慕。
• Burning incense is a kind of offering, expressing gratitude and veneration to the Buddha.
  烧香是一种对佛陀表达感激及尊敬之情的供品。