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- reverence ['rεvərəns]
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n
a feeling or attitude of profound respect, usually reserved for the sacred or divine; devoted veneration
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2.
n
an outward manifestation of this feeling, esp a bow or act of obeisance
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3.
n
the state of being revered or commanding profound respect
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vt.
[tr]
to revere or venerate
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1.
n
a feeling or attitude of profound respect, usually reserved for the sacred or divine; devoted veneration
Examples
- saving your presence(或reverence)
- 恕我冒昧 → saving
- 怀着十分崇敬的心情
- cherish a feeling of great reverence for → 崇敬
- 深受人民的爱戴和敬仰
- command deep love and reverence among the people → 敬仰
- 瞻仰
- look at with reverence → 仰
- 信徒们朝山进香, 无比虔诚。
- Pious Buddhists make a pilgrimage to a mountain temple where they burn incense before Buddha in a display of devout reverence. → 朝山进香
- 我们向别人求教要有程门立雪的精神。
- When asking others for advices, we should ask with humble reverence. → 程门立雪
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