reverent

英 [ˈrevərənt]

美 [ˈrevərənt]

adj.  非常尊敬的; 深表崇敬的

IELTSTEM8

BNC.23343 / COCA.21790

牛津词典

adj.

• 非常尊敬的；深表崇敬的
  showing great respect and admiration

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 恭敬的;尊敬的;虔诚的
  If you describe some-one's behaviour asreverent, you mean that they are showing great respect for a person or thing.
  1. ...the reverent hush of a rapt audience...
     一位全神贯注的观众心存恭敬的静默
  2. Ellen looks almost reverent.
     埃伦看起来近乎虔诚。

英英释义

adj

• showing great reverence for god
  1. a godly man
  2. leading a godly life
  Synonym:godlyworshipful
• feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  1. maintained a reverent silence

双语例句

• The bishop's sermon was received in reverent silence.
  人们虔敬而静默地聆听了主教的布道。
• What gave you the idea that God is only "reverent"? God is the up and the down.
  什麽东西让你有神只是“虔诚的”这个想法？
• We were required to file past the tomb in a reverent manner.
  要求我们排着队恭敬地走过坟墓。
• Ellen looks almost reverent.
  埃伦看起来近乎虔诚。
• A reverent hush descended on the multitude.
  人群虔敬地噤了声。
• The nurse treated the patients with almost reverent kindness.
  这位护士以近乎崇敬的亲切态度对待病人。
• She spoke in a reverent voice.
  她用恭敬的口气讲话。
• After practicing Kubdalini yoga, the doer becomes very reverent to everyone in his association when he enters Samadhi.
  在修炼无上瑜伽之后，每当进入三昧与人交往时，行者对所有的人都变得异常恭敬有礼。
• Reverent but prejudicial Ancestor Worship-one of China's immense Cemeteries, which seriously lessen her productive land area.
  一片巨大的中国人墓地，对祖先的崇敬，但会减少他们可耕种的土地。
• When we make a pilgrimage to Yellowstone National Park, or to the California Redwood groves, or to the Florida Everglades, we are struck by the reverent appropriateness of nature's mix in that spot.
  当我们游走在黄石国家公园或加利福尼亚的红木林，再或是佛罗里达湿地，自然界虔诚而适度的混合给我们留下了深刻的印象。