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单词 reverent
释义
reverent
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adj

When you have great awe and respect for someone or something, and you show it by respectfully worshiping that person, thing, deity, or musical group, you are being reverent.
Originally, the word reverent was used only in religious contexts, but now it works when people are just acting like they’re in a religious setting (even if the object of their worship is a sports star or political pundit). People are occasionally reverent in regard to antique cars, supermodels, spelling bee champions and giant TV screens. Reverent is related to the verb revere, which is also about having or showing respect for someone or something.
WORD FAMILY
reverent: irreverent, reverence, reverenter, reverently+/irreverence: irreverences/irreverent: irreverence, irreverently/revere: revered, reverent, reveres, revering/reverence: reverenced, reverences, reverencing, reverential/reverential: reverentially
USAGE EXAMPLES
They chat in reverent tones while struggling to fit the cruciform behemoth into the backgrounds of their selfies.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016)
Most of the humor is too lighthearted to offend all but the most reverent believers, and the movie’s inventiveness rarely flags.
New York Times(Dec 08, 2016)
And the movie’s portrayal of its Polynesian setting is much more reverent than Aladdin’s “It’s barbaric, but hey, it’s home!” take on the Middle East.
Slate(Nov 21, 2016)
1adj feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
maintained a reverent silence
Syn|Ant
respectful
full of or exhibiting respect
adoring, worshipful
showing adoration
awed, awful
inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
respectful, reverential, venerating
feeling or manifesting veneration
irreverent
showing lack of due respect or veneration
disrespectful
exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
aweless, awless, disrespectful
neither feeling nor showing respect
2adj showing great reverence for god
Syn
godly, worshipful
pious
having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
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