Veneration
[venə'reɪʃ(ə)n]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations.
德布斯錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Reverence, high respect.
編輯:弗吉尼亚
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Reverence, adoration, worship
ANT:Contempt, disesteem, loathing, vilification
錄入:特德
例句/造句/用法:
- She fell upon her knees, and clinging to this stroller's child looked up at her almost with veneration. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It was a tree of the fig genus, and from the first it was treated with peculiar veneration. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was not the most promising party to travel with and hope to gain a higher veneration for religion through the example of its devotees. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I felt veneration for St. John--veneration so strong that its impetus thrust me at once to the point I had so long shunned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It is not every removal in time, which has the effect of producing veneration and esteem. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- This veneration Mr. Dick extended to the Doctor, whom he thought the most subtle and accomplished philosopher of any age. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The Pilgrim mounted with more deliberation, reaching, as he departed, his hand to Gurth, who kissed it with the utmost possible veneration. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Few tombs on earth command the veneration of so many races and men of divers creeds as this of Joseph. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- When the day arrived, my very carpet-bag was an object of veneration to the stipendiary clerks, to whom the house at Norwood was a sacred mystery. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I suppose I have a considerable organ of veneration, for I retain yet the sense of admiring awe with which my eyes traced her steps. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He is my husband's best and dearest friend, he is our children's darling, he is the object of our deepest love and veneration. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I have too great a veneration for crowned heads, to dwell any longer on so nice a subject. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- For a long time the church went from prince to prince for an ally without realizing that the lost ally it needed to recover was popular veneration. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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