| 单词 | revere |
| 释义 | re·vere I. < whom he rather revered as his father than treated as his partner — Joseph Addison > Synonyms: < academic idols which they, in their turn, had been taught to revere — Joanne Wheeler > < revere past national glories, almost to the point of worship — T.H.Fielding > < revered for the wisdom of his counsels and the nobility of his character — Theodore Collier > reverence, applying more often to things than persons, suggests more the fact of holding in high respect and with a certain self-abnegation, especially a respecting of things commonly respected or regarded as inviolable < brought up to love and reverence her mother — Margaret Deland > < pledged to reverence the name of God — F.B.Steck > venerate applies commonly to persons or things regarded as holy, sacred, or sacrosanct because of character, associations, or age < those who venerate … Dante and Shakespeare and Milton — Havelock Ellis > < venerate and obey natural law — W.R.Inge > < revered him as much as he venerated her — Osbert Sitwell > One commonly worships a divine being when one pays homage by word or ceremonial, but more broadly one worships anyone or anything to whom he attributes an especially exalted character or before whom he abases himself in great respect or adoration < worship God each Sunday > < worship the flag of one's country > < the grave of a famous hunter, where they worship his spirit — J.G.Frazer > < the unwavering worship of a good dog for his master — Elizabeth Goudge > adore is often used in the sense of worship in its application to a divine being although suggesting a more personal emotion; but commonly and much more generally it applies to any extremely great and usually unquestioning love, however manifest < his staff adored him, his men worshiped him — W.A.White > < music that he adored — Marcia Davenport > < still adores baseball and never expects to tire of it > II. |
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