1 N-UNCOUNT 光荣;荣耀 Glory is the fame and admiration that you gain by doing something impressive. 光荣;荣耀
SYN honour, praise, fame, celebrity
2 N-PLURAL 辉煌时刻;巅峰 A person's glories are the occasions when they have done something people greatly admire which makes them famous. 辉煌时刻;巅峰
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The album sees them reliving past glories but not really breaking any new ground.
这张专辑使他们重温了昔日的辉煌,但实际上没有任何新的突破。
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...the military glories of Frederick the Great.
腓特烈大帝军事上的巅峰时刻
3 N-UNCOUNT [with poss] 壮丽;壮观 The glory of something is its great beauty or impressive nature. 壮丽;壮观
4 N-COUNT [usually plural] 引以为荣的事物 The glories of a culture or place are the things that people admire most about it. 引以为荣的事物
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...a tour of Florence, to enjoy the artistic glories of the Italian Renaissance. [+ of]
领略意大利文艺复兴时期伟大艺术成就的佛罗伦萨之旅
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One of the glories of the island has always been its bird population.
鸟儿的数量一直是该岛的一大骄傲。
5 VERB 因…而欣喜;为…而喜悦 If you glory in a situation or activity, you enjoy it very much. 因…而欣喜;为…而喜悦
SYN triumph, boast, relish, revel
6 PHRASE 一举成名 If you go out in a blaze of glory, you do something very dramatic at the end of your career or your life which makes you famous. 一举成名
Quotations
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write on contempt of glory, inscribe their names Cicero Pro Archia
The paths of glory lead but to the grave Thomas Gray Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come William Wordsworth Intimations of Immortality
To the greater glory of God (ad majorem Dei gloriam) Motto of the Society of Jesus
Thus passes the glory of the world (sic transit gloria mundi) Anon.
Word Partnership | Use glory with: |
VERB. | bask in the glory 1 |
N. | blaze of glory, glory days, hope and glory, moment of glory 1 |
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