| 单词 | apotheosis |
| 释义 | apotheosis (once / 5573 pages) n If your teacher says the term paper you handed in last week is a work of genius that sets a new gold standard for the school, he's telling you your work is the apotheosis of term papers. The epitome. Perfection. Hidden in the middle of apotheosis you'll find the Greek theos, meaning god. (Theology, the study of religion, has the same root.) Combine theos with apo "from" and you get a person, place, or thing that is so out-of-this-world amazing that it seems as if it's "from God." It's divine. You could make the assertion that Leonardo da Vinci was the apotheosis of genius and that the Mona Lisa is the apotheosis of all his paintings. WORD FAMILYapotheosis: apotheoses, apotheosise, apotheosize+/apotheosise: apotheosised/apotheosize: apotheosized, apotheosizes, apotheosizing USAGE EXAMPLESI’m referring to his recent “60 Minutes” interview, the apotheosis of all of his tongue biting and conscience snuffing to date. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) Earlier this year he appeared in Jason Bourne, but in many ways Rogue One marks the apotheosis from plucky indie actor to mainstream Hollywood player. The Guardian(Dec 04, 2016) Mr Trump’s campaign was the apotheosis of this personality-centred operation. Economist(Nov 17, 2016) 1n model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal Syn|Hypo|Hyper ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey someone excellent of their kind class actsomeone who shows impressive and stylish excellence humdingersomeone of remarkable excellence model, role model someone worthy of imitation 2n the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) Syn|Hyper deification, exaltation worship the activity of worshipping |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。