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a·poth·e·o·size
pa thi saIz [or] ae p thi saIz
第三人称单数:apotheosizes
现在分词:apotheosizing
过去式:apotheosized
过去分词:apotheosized
noun
the perfect form or example of something : quintessence … Nelson Rockefeller, the other top contender and the apotheosis of liberal Republicanism.—Sam Tanenhaus
the apotheosis of Hollywood glamour
the highest or best part of something : peak
The city reaches its apotheosis at the holiday …—David Leavin
elevation to divine status : deification
the apotheosis of Roman emperors
"使神化,尊为神; ",1760年; 参见 apotheosis + -ize。相关词汇: Apotheosized; apotheosizing。同义词 apotheose(1670年代)。
borrowed from Late Latin apotheōsis "transformation into a god, deification," borrowed from Greek apothéōsis, from apotheō-, variant stem of apotheóō, apotheoûn "to transform into a god, deify" (from apo- apo- + theoûn "to make a god of," verbal derivative of theós "god") + -sis -sis — more at theo-
The first known use of apotheosis was circa 1580
1 Such men as McKinley in the House fairly apotheosized the protective system.
2 He has many kindred spirits in the South, where vulgar ruffians are apotheosized, who would, at an earlier time, have been sent to the pillory.
3 I will both live and die with you, maestro; whether you are apotheosized or stoned, your worth can neither be magnified nor lessened by the world.
4 It virtually insists on the acceptance of that form of religion which apotheosizes the Emperor, and finds the sanctions for morality in his edict; it excludes from the schools every other form of religion.
5 I do not wish to drift into a cheap cynicism, and apotheosize the old days at the expense of the new.
6 It was evidently borrowed from the pagan mysteries, where Bacchus, Adonis, Proserpine, and a host of other apotheosized beings play the same rôle that Hiram does in the Masonic mysteries.
7 Two or three girls, clad in apotheosized organdie, and close hats, were already on top of the coach.
8 The women had never believed in his guilt; they now apotheosized him.
9 I question if any rulers have ever been more truly apotheosized by any nation than the Emperors of Japan.
10 Had this feat, trifling as it may seem, been performed by the wife of some Roman dignitary, she would have been apotheosized and her biography inserted in Lempriere's Classical Dictionary.
11 To take nothing away from Jared Kushner, the lately apotheosized son-in-law and his high-tech targeting of Trump voters, Mr. Trump’s victory is and was unlikely.
12 And in what land has the apotheosizing imagination been more active than in Japan?
13 So etherealized by spirit as he was, and so apotheosized by worshipping admirers, did his footsteps, in the procession, really tread upon the dust of earth?
14 Nomi-no-Sukune, a court-noble—now apotheosized as the patron of wrestlers—then suggested the substitution of earthen images of men and horses for the living victims; and his suggestion was approved.
15 It certainly did not lie in the mouth of a people, who apotheosized force, to condemn them.
16 The lapse of time is of itself sufficient to idealize, and even to apotheosize, remarkable personages who in reality were not without their weaknesses.
17 And it was done—retouched and lingered over long, apotheosized by mighty effort.
18 Soon, apotheosized in an indestructible material, she would be one of the images that men keep forever, finding a heat in them which does not cool down, throughout the centuries?
19 The worship, we saw, was at first that of the star K’uei, the apotheosized ‘homely,’ successful, but rejected candidate.
20 He had gazed at the varmints and their apotheosized obscenity, vile and natural, until its completion, far longer than other men exiting the mall.
1 赞美
praise glory magnification laud commendation exaltation glorification apotheosis paean guerdon laudation carol sing roose love bless anthem magnify emblazon canonize eulogize
2 神圣化
3 把…神化
4 使神圣化
5 美化
transfiguration glorification apotheosis candy beautify pretty sugar glamour glorify embellish glam whitewash transfigure glamorize prettify sugarcoat cosmeticize aestheticize
6 使理想化
8 尊为神
10 理想化
11 神化
12 颂扬
laudatory laud apotheosis sing praise bless chant extol resound eulogize eulogistical eulogistic glorify emblazon eulogy extoll celebration extolment
13 把…理想化
14 奉为神圣
15 尊崇为神
16 称颂