| 釋義 |
devotionn. 1. devoutness. piety虔敬,虔誠。 △Mac.4.3.94:“De-votion,patience,courage,fortitude,”虔誠、耐性、勇敢、剛強。 △2H.VI.2.1.87 (85): “Tell me,good fellow,cam’st thou here by chance / Or of devotion,to this holy shrine?”告訴我,好人,你來到這座神圣的祠廟,是出于偶然還是出于虔誠呢? △3H.VI.4.6.42: “While I myselfwill lead a private life,/ And in devotion spend mylatter days,”我自己則要過一種退隱的生活,在虔誠修行中度過晚年。 2. devoutness,piety,i.e. worship,prayer虔敬,虔誠,(指)禮拜,祈禱。 △Rom.4.1.41: “God shield I shoulddisturb devotion!” 上帝不許我打擾你們的虔誠(又譯:祈禱)。 △3H.VI.2.1.164: “Tell our devotion / with revenge-ful arms?” i.e. count off our prayers,but with sword-strokes instead of beads. 用復仇的手臂計數(shù)我們的禱告(雙關:宣告我們的虔誠)。 △R.III.3.7.101 (102): “And par-don us the interruption / of thy devotion and rightChristian zeal.”請原諒我們打斷了你的禮拜和你那真正基督徒的熱忱。 3. devout purpose or object,devoted errand虔誠的目的,忠誠的任務。 △ R.III.4.1.8: “No farther than theTower,and as I guess,/ Upon the like devotion asyourselves;”就是到倫敦塔,而且,我猜,目的跟你們一樣。 4. worship,reverence 崇拜,敬仰。 △Tw.3.4.398(362): “And to his image,which methought didpromise / Most venerable worth,did I devotion.”我看他的樣子像是具有可敬的高貴品性,所以我對他表示恭順。 5. enthusiasm熱心。 △Oth.5.1.8: “I have no greatdevotion to the deed,”我對這件事不是很熱心。 |