| 单词 | venerate |
| 释义 | venerateWord family nounvenerationveneratorverbvenerate ven·e·rate /ˈvenəreɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal to honour or respect someone or something because they are old, holy, or connected with the past 尊敬，崇拜，敬重 a symbol of Arab courage, to be venerated for generations 受到世代尊崇的阿拉伯人勇气的象征 venerate somebody as something These children are venerated as holy beings. 这些孩子被奉为圣人。 —veneration /ˌvenəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU] The sun was an object of veneration. 太阳是敬奉的对象。 Examples from the Corpus venerate• Ataturk died in 1938, but he still is widely venerated.• Three other officials of the Old Kingdom came to be venerated as gods because they had been wise, good and successful.• In museum culture the original physical artefact is venerated at the expense of a replica, duplicate, reconstruction, or hologram.• The affair was venerated by later revolutionaries as the opening round in their battle against the autocracy.• The idea of a place for the dying, so close to a venerated Hindu shrine, upset the temple priests.• Much is known about Bath, where the hot springs were almost certainly venerated in the pre-Roman Iron Age.• Ataturk died in 1938, but he is still widely venerated in Turkey.• Mary came to Alexandria in the hope of earning her fare to Jerusalem, where she wished to venerate the true Cross.• She has appeared with messages and prophesies and is venerated throughout the world. (1600-1700) Latin past participle of venerari, from venus “love, desire” |
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