| 釋義 |
reverencen. 1.respect尊敬。 △As.1.1.54 (50):“your coming be-fore me is nearer to his reverence.”i.e. your being ol-der than I gives you a nearer claim to the respectwhich was due to him (= Sir Rowland,their father). 你既出生在先,就更該得到家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)得的尊敬。 2. reverential appearance令人肅然起敬的外貌。 △Lr.4.2.41:“A father,and a gracious aged man,/ Whosereverence even the head-lugged bear would lick,”一位父親,一位慈祥的老人,連被牽著頭的熊也會(huì)舔舔他表示致敬。 3. character entitled to particular regard,reverendcharacter應(yīng)受尊敬的品格,可敬畏的聲望。 △Ado.4.1.169(167): “trust not my age,/ My reverence,calling,nordivinity,”不要相信我的這一把年紀(jì),我的聲望,我的職業(yè),也不要相信我的神學(xué)造詣。 4. reverend old age,venerable age受尊敬的老年,德高望重之年。 △2H.VI. 5. 2. 48: “in thy reverence and thychair-days,”在你業(yè)已德高望重、理應(yīng)坐在椅子里安度晚年的日子里。 5. privilege of age老年人的特權(quán)。 △Ado.5.1.64:“I amforced to lay my reverence by,”我只好不顧我這一把年紀(jì)。6. solemnity莊嚴(yán)。 △Oth.3.3. 462 (461):“In the duereverence of a sacred vow”,以神圣誓言的莊嚴(yán)性。 7. worship,highness閣下,尊駕。 △Mer.2.2.26:“sav-ing your reverence,”i.e. with all respect to you(anapologetic phrase used for going to mention “the dev-il” himself). 沒(méi)有對(duì)你失敬的意思;對(duì)不起。(道歉用語(yǔ),因?yàn)橄?br/>面要提到“魔鬼本身”。) your reverence: a respectful style of address (表示尊敬的稱(chēng)呼)尊駕,你老。 △ Oth.1.1.133(132): “I thus wouldplay and trifle with your reverence.”我竟敢這樣來(lái)戲弄你老。
reverencevt. regard with high respect and venera-tion,venerate,honour 以崇敬看待,崇敬,尊敬。 △1H.VI.5.4.138: “ ’Tis known already that I am possessed /With more than half the Gallian territories,/ Andtherein reverenced for their lawful king.”眾所周知,我已擁有法國(guó)的一多半領(lǐng)土,而且在這里被尊崇為合法的國(guó)王。 |