apotheosis
/əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs/noun
(pl. apotheoses /-siːz/)[usu. in sing.]
1- the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax事物发展的顶峰; 巅峰; 极致; 高潮:
his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career.
扮演哈姆雷特是他事业的巅峰。
1.1
- the elevation of someone to divine status人的神明化。
词源
late 16th cent.: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun 'make a god of', from apo 'from' + theos 'god'.