Exaltation
[egzɔːl'teɪʃ(ə)n;eks-] or [,ɛɡzɔl'teʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead).
(noun.) the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence.
吉纳维芙校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
(n.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
(n.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.
尤妮斯錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Elevation, dignity.
錄入:卢卡斯
例句/造句/用法:
- In Holland, soon after the exaltation of the late prince of Orange to the stadtholdership, a tax of two per cent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Which is an obvious injustice to the memory of King Lud, and a dishonest exaltation of the virtues of King Cole. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Cries in exaltation of the well-known good physician rent the hall. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- These two men met eleven days after that rout; Alexander no doubt in the state of explanatory exaltation natural to his type during a mood of change. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She felt an intense longing to prolong, to perpetuate, the momentary exaltation of her spirit. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The daisies were scattered broadcast on the pond, tiny radiant things, like an exaltation, points of exaltation here and there. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Now the exaltation of one issue like that is obviously out of all proportion to its significance. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It was this inhuman principle in the mechanism he wanted to construct that inspired Gerald with an almost religious exaltation. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But my poor child is going through a phase of exaltation, of abhorrence of the world. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Who could surpass him in self-abhorrence and exaltation of God's cause? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
編輯:玛杰里