| 单词 | glory |
| 释义 | glory (once / 46 pages) 1nv 2n Glory is brilliant, radiant beauty. You might admire a princess in all her glory, since she seems almost too gorgeous to be real. Glory is also a term that is sometimes used in a religious way. It means the glow or light that appears around the head of a holy person or saint, like a halo. Another use of glory is a state of high honor gained from great achievements. If you have heard the expression "you're in your glory," it means that you are very happy and proud — you must have reached one of your big goals. WORD FAMILYglory: gloried, glories, glorify, glorious, glorying+/glorification: glorifications/glorify: glorification, glorified, glorifies, glorifying/glorious: gloriousest, gloriously, inglorious/inglorious: ingloriously USAGE EXAMPLESLincoln once commented that there was no glory in the presidency, only “ashes and blood.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) But he was also suspicious of his own urge to glory in that desecration. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Little Mix's album Glory Days ends the year as the number one album. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a state of high honor he valued glory above life itself Syn|Hyper glorification honor, honour, laurels the state of being honored 2v rejoice proudly 2Hyper exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph to express great joy 1n brilliant radiant beauty the glory of the sunrise Syn|Hyper resplendence, resplendency beauty the qualities that give pleasure to the senses 2n an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint Syn|Hyper aura, aureole, gloriole, halo, nimbus light, lightness the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures |
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