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

• 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。
• They heard it all, and did but reverence him the more.
  他们全都听进了耳朵，但他们都对他益发敬重。
• 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。
• I believe that practicing true beautification in all its forms is true reverence.
  我相信对这样真实的美化就是一种尊敬。
• 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。
• And if I am a Master, where is My reverence?
  我既为主人，敬畏我的在哪里呢？
• Observe my sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the lord.
  你们要守我的安息日，敬我的圣所。我是耶和华。
• Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.
  尊敬神或表现出对神的尊敬。
• 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。
• No descendents to show reverence to ancestors.
  没有后代对祖先表现敬畏和尊敬。