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Reverence is great respect and admiration — the feeling you have when you someone or something. You can hold a person in reverence, speak with reverence, or feel reverence for a place.
Reverence「Reverence」 is是 great respect and admiration崇敬與敬佩 the feeling you have當你...時所產生的感覺 when you revere someone or something敬重某人或某事物 You can你可以 hold a person in reverence對某人懷有 reverence speak with reverence帶著 reverence 說話 or feel reverence for a place或是對某個地方感受到 reverence
It is a formal, serious noun.
It這 is是 a formal, serious noun正式、嚴肅的名詞
Though actually, older English used Your Reverence to address a priest, and a reverence could even mean a deep bow; those uses are rare now, but you still meet them in old plays.
Though actually不過實際上 older English早期英文 used Your Reverence曾用 Your Reverence to address a priest稱呼神父 and a reverence could even meana reverence 甚至可以指 a deep bow深深一鞠躬 those uses are rare now這些用法現在很少見了 but you still meet them但還看得到 in old plays在古老的劇本裡
There is a verb to reverence, but most people just say . The word came through Middle English from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from the same Latin revereor as (re- + vereor, to fear, heed, or stand in awe).
There is有 a verb to reverence to reverence 這個動詞形式 but most people但大多數人 just say revere只會說 revere The word這個字 came through Middle English經由中古英文 from Old French reverence來自古法文 reverence and Latin reverentia和拉丁文 reverentia from the same Latin revereor as revere和 revere 一樣都源自同一個拉丁文 revereor re- + vereor(re- 加上 vereor) to fear, heed, or stand in awe意思是害怕、敬畏或心懷敬意
組成From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (re- + vereor, “to fear, heed, stand in awe”).
同家族的字
- reverethe verb: to feel this deep respect
- reverentthe adjective: showing reverence
- reverendthe clergy title: one who should be treated with reverence
- irreverentwithout reverence; the usual opposite
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
reverencenoun/ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/
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Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
- Professional hunters and trackers die too, in the pursuit of dangerous animals every year. Stones and his client voice reverence for what they call “fair chase”: an ethical distinction observed in certain sporting circles in which the quarry is felt to have a sporting chance of survival.
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An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
- August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.
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The state of being revered.
- When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
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A form of address for some members of the clergy.
- Your Reverence
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That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
- Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me That I am forced to lay my reverence by.
reverenceverb/ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/
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To show or feel reverence to.
- I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。