| 词汇 | agape |
| 释义 | agape adjective uk /əˈɡeɪp/ us /əˈɡeɪp/ (of a person) with the mouth wide open, especially showing surprise or shock; (of the mouth) wide open, especially in surprise or shock: （尤指表示惊奇或震惊而）大张着嘴的 We watched, our mouths agape in excitement.我们看着，兴奋得张大了嘴。 Audience members were staring at each other agape as if to say "Did you hear what I just heard?" Synonym gaping There she sat, mouth agape, as she took in her new surroundings. People wandered around the scene with mouths agape, some in tears, some simply sitting on the street in shock. Children and adults alike watched with jaws agape. His audacious vision left some software developers agape. Surprised aback aghast amazed appalled astonished flabbergasted flat-footed gobsmacked goggle-eyed headlight horror of horrorsidiom jaw not know what hit youidiom open-eyed open-mouthed palpitation pearl-clutching someone's jaw drops (open)idiom stalk you have (got) to be kiddingidiom agape noun[ U ] religion specializeduk /ˈæɡ.ə.pi//ˈæɡ.ə.peɪ/ us /ɑːˈɡɑː.peɪ//ˈɑː.ɡə.peɪ/ a type of love that is not sexual and is not concerned with yourself; used especially in Christianity to refer to Christian love: （尤指基督教的）圣爱，无条件的爱 Agape is a giving love, entirely unselfish.基督教的圣爱是一种完全无私的给予之爱。 A central lesson of The Marriage Of Figaro is that eros can mature into agape, sexual attraction into mature love.《费加罗的婚礼》的一个核心教训是，爱欲可以成熟为无条件的爱，性吸引力可以成长为成熟的爱。 Compare Eros The Greeks separated various facets of love, and those involved in marriage are eros, philia and agape. The word that best describes this kind of love is not “eros", not “agape", but yet another Greek word, “philia", which means “love between friends". God gives you agape - deep, unconditional, fatherly love. Loving and in love absence absence makes the heart grow fonderidiom adoration adore adoring adoringly adorkable endearment ever-loving fall for someone fall in loveidiom feelings for someoneidiom loving-kindness lovingly lurve madly moon steal sweep worship Examples of agapeagape This is because agape is too distant from its objects, and involves no necessary mutuality, a feature which makes it destructive of altruism. In this scene it is eros rather than agape that reigns. The astonished fiancée stands with mouth agape, eyes downcast and shut, as she presses her left hand beneath her heart, as if to uphold it. What this omission reveals is the inadequacy of an exclusive focus on agape as the central ethical concept. This type of love is what we call agape. These are the merely inane, and artists sometimes portray them with mouth agape, teeth erose and prominent. I have used the terms eros and agape, but this duality can also be expressed in other contrasting terms, such as those of the flesh and the spirit. It coherently combines a variety of attitudes which might otherwise be at odds with each other (not least the vexing distinction between eros and agape, need and gift love). I am rather sardonically amused at the way in which it is the secularists whose mouths are agape when they come across sin, as if they cannot understand it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The highest form of contemplation originates in the heart (see agape), a higher form of contemplation than that of the intellect. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many members of the astonished audience were seen on camera with mouths visibly agape with surprise. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The other three are "storge", "philia" and "agape". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are, however, three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity (which is used interchangeably with love in the sense of "agape"). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The whales then lunge feed, often as a synchronised group, suddenly swimming upward through the net, mouths agape, swallowing thousands of fish in one gulp. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The wounds were sometimes packed with horsehair and left agape, so as to make them more extreme in appearance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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