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When you are reverent, you show deep respect and quiet admiration. You might use a reverent voice in a church, a temple, or beside a grave — speaking softly, not joking. The word is not only for religion, though that is where you meet it most. A young person can be reverent toward a or a teacher they truly look up to. It is a careful, slightly formal word. In everyday talk, people often just say respectful. Reverent goes a little further: the respect is deep, almost .
恭敬的、懷著敬意的（宗教場合也常說虔誠的）
組成From Middle English reverent, from Middle French reverent (from Old French) and Latin reverēns. By the look of the English word, it is revere + -ent (doing / showing).
同家族的字
- reverethe verb: to feel that deep respect
- reverencethe noun for the feeling
- reverendsame root, but that one is the church title — not this feeling
- irreverentthe opposite: joking or rough where respect is expected
- reverentlythe adverb: in a reverent way
原始詞典資料1 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。
reverentadj/ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹənt/
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Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.
- Hackett was a vain, wealthy, violent gentleman, who held his blood and family in high esteem, and believed that a reverent respect was due to his great riches.
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。