单词 | venerate |
释义 | venerate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvenerateven‧e‧rate /ˈvenəreɪt/ verb [transitive] formalto honour or respect someone or something because they are old, holy, or connected with the past a symbol of Arab courage, to be venerated for generationsvenerate somebody as something These children are venerated as holy beings. —veneration /ˌvenəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]an object of veneration. The sun was → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusvenerate• Ataturk died in 1938, but he still is widely venerated.• Three other officials of the Old Kingdom came to be venerated as gods because they had been wise, good and successful.• In museum culture the original physical artefact is venerated at the expense of a replica, duplicate, reconstruction, or hologram.• The affair was venerated by later revolutionaries as the opening round in their battle against the autocracy.• The idea of a place for the dying, so close to a venerated Hindu shrine, upset the temple priests.• Much is known about Bath, where the hot springs were almost certainly venerated in the pre-Roman Iron Age.• She has appeared with messages and prophesies and is venerated throughout the world.Origin venerate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of venerari, from venus “love, desire” |
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