reverence

英 [ˈrevərəns]

美 [ˈrevərəns]

n./v.  尊敬; 崇敬

过去式：reverenced　复数：reverences　过去分词：reverenced　现在分词：reverencing　第三人称单数：reverences　

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牛津词典

noun

• 尊敬；崇敬
  a feeling of great respect or admiration for sb/sth
  1. The poem conveys his deep reverence for nature.
     这首诗表达了他对大自然的深深崇敬之情。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 尊敬;崇敬;敬意
  Reverence forsomeone or something is a feeling of great respect for them.
  1. ...showing a deep reverence for their religion.
     对他们的宗教表示了深深的敬意

英英释义

noun

• an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)
• a reverent mental attitude
• 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:fearaweveneration

verb

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  1. Fear God as your father
  2. We venerate genius
  Synonym:fearreverevenerate

双语例句

• Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man.
  杀死崇敬之心你便杀死了人之豪杰。
• We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.
  我们尊重传统，但不被传统所束缚。
• The people reverence thee, said Hester.
  人们都尊重你，海丝特说。
• I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination.
  我对于美、文雅、勇敢、魅力，抱有一种理论上的崇敬。
• Confusion has broken in upon the world, and thrown down all the boundaries of civility and reverence.
  混乱使世界四分五裂，破坏了所有礼貌和尊敬的界限。
• Cultthe formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
  宗教仪式表达宗教信仰的正式用法；宗教典礼和仪式。
• I stood there feeling gratitude and reverence to the omnipresent divinity.
  我站在那里，对无所不在的神明，我感激并敬畏。
• Do not waste any reverence on my attitude. I merely manage to sit up where I have dropped.
  别对我的态度浪费任何敬意，我只是在我摔倒的地方试着坐起来。
• However, my stalwart ancestors had created green wisdom in this world, infinitely spreading as same as mountains, therefore they have gained my reverence and remembrance.
  无论如何，我伟岸的先祖们在世界上创造了绿色的智慧，像山一样绵延无尽，他们因此赢得了我的崇敬与怀念。
• It's very British to have a reverence for rules of dress, but we also like subverting them.
  尊重服装规则是非常英国式的做法，但我们也乐意颠覆它们。