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单词 sublimity
释义
sublimity
noun[U]
formal
uk
/səˈblɪm.ə.ti/us
/səˈblɪm.ə.t̬i/
thequalityof beingextremelygood,beautiful, orenjoyable:
Thevistasofmountainssatisfyadesireforgrandeurand sublimity.
From hisphotographswe get asenseof theaweand sublimity ofnature.
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  • Hepreachedthe sublimity oflibertyandyetwas aslaveowner.
  • The sublimity of the book'ssubjectmatterismatchedby thesustainedbeautyofitslanguage.
  • Thedirectorcreatedacontrastbetween the sublimity of themusicand theplainand undramatisedrenderingof Bach'sworld.
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(Definition ofsublimityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsublimity

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The solar system, for all itssublimity, did not make a good example because it was too complicated for young children to understand properly.
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This constraint seems to negate any awesomeness or glory orsublimityof the little totality.
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I do not have enough time to expound and discuss this idea, in which mathematics attainssublimity.
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Thesublimityof the city is that it is always already larger than any representation or even any series of representations.
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On the one hand, performers are just like the audience in that they can be astonished by thesublimityof their performance too.
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In virtually every case, however, these blunders were overcome or narrowly rescued from ignominy, and thus transgured into elements of satisfaction and evensublimity.
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Dramatic utterances are contained within a musical and, supposedly, narrative structure whose very perfection proves thesublimityof what is uttered.
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But an equally strong source of their confidence was aesthetic insight, the cognitive implications of beauty andsublimity.
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He never sees it as a source ofsublimity.
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She exchanges beauty forsublimity.
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No conflict on land or sea could approach it in terror orsublimity.
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Accordingly, the wings attributed to these powers have no other meaning than to indicate thesublimityof their nature.
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His meditations take on beautiful forms whose harmony tends to approachsublimity.
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It is about the impactedsublimityof our feelings for those we cherish, most of all, for ourselves.
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Feelings ofsublimityor awe are often indicators of counter-experience.
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