| 词汇 | splendour |
| 释义 | splendour noun UK(USsplendor)uk /ˈsplen.dər/ us /ˈsplen.dɚ/ C2[ U ] great beauty that attracts admiration and attention: 壮丽；雄伟；辉煌 They bought a decaying 16th-century manor house and restored it to its original splendour.他们买了一幢破败的16世纪庄园宅邸，经过整修使它恢复了先前的富丽堂皇。 splendours[ plural ](USsplendors) the beautiful features or qualities of a place, etc.: （某地的）壮丽景色，美景 the splendours of Venice威尼斯的瑰丽景色 Beauty and attractiveness aesthetic attractiveness beauty chic daintiness gorgeousness grace gracefulness grandeur gussy someone/something up lustrously magnificence majestically majesty nobility stateliness sublimity sultriness swoony va-va-voom Examples of splendoursplendour This representation of rich textiles and fabrics served to heighten the illusion of the grandeur, the splendour and the power of the king. There, before her preferred audience of assembled lords, gentlemen, ladies and others, the wedding ceremonials were played out with maximum splendour and magnificence. Similar concerns of fashion and splendour influenced the construction of trading and market halls and even factories. Such pecuniary remuneration should accompany it, as would enable the person holding the rank to support it with dignity and splendour. He was so impressed by its splendour that he hurried back home and returned with his wife and son to worship the image together. Here the canons lived in comfort and even a certain splendour, along with their servants and sometimes their relatives. No one realised the splendour of terracing the city down to the water. Local traffic increased enormously, crowding our old streets, cluttering and destroying the splendour of the monumental squares. They endeavoured to excel in the splendour and elegance of their equipage, houses and tables. It may well be that the prospect of unchecked female power, symbolised so compellingly by the splendour of the prima donna, had become both too fascinating and too terrifying. Although it might seem to occupy one extreme end of the aesthetic spectrum, the ballet was an important component of this reconciliation of dramatic action and visual splendour. However, even though economic growth improved during the last 30 years of the eighteenth century, this growth did not achieve the splendour of the first half of the century. In addition, he proclaimed the huge splendour of the landscape of vast direct taxation cuts which would be opened up after disposal of the windmills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of us who value the beauty of our countryside and the splendour of our architectural heritage should be grateful for their work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that the "late financial administration"had"retired to those dim splendours at the end of the corridor which are the goal of all rising demagogues". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of splendour These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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