词汇 | apotheosis |
释义 | apotheosis noun[ Cusually singular ] formaluk /əˌpɒθ.iˈəʊ.sɪs/ us /əˌpɑː.θiˈoʊ.sɪs/pluralapotheosesuk /əˌpɒθ.iˈəʊ.siːz/ us /əˌpɑː.θiˈoʊ.siːz/ the best or most extreme example of something: …中最好的例子;…的极致;…中的极品 Most people agree that her acting career achieved its apotheosis in this movie.多数人认为她的演艺事业通过这部电影达到了巅峰。 Bad taste in clothes reached its apotheosis in the 1970s.20世纪70年代,人们对于衣着的恶俗品位已经无以复加。 the apotheosis of someone the act of making someone into a god: 尊奉(某人)为神(圣);神化(某人) the apotheosis of the Emperor Trajan罗马皇帝图拉真册封为神 Samples and examples advertisement aliquot archetype benchmark benchmarking cross-section exemplification flavour for instanceidiom forerunner illustration incarnation prize prototype qua quintessence role model sample specimen taste Examples of apotheosisapotheosis Between 1870 and 1914 the imperatives of empire celebrated a militaristic and robust hypermasculinity, which found its apotheosis in the homosocial world of the boy's adventure story. They are almost falling over themselves to explain how modest the proposals are—it is the apotheosis of modesty in some ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the puzzle we are then faced with in this apotheosis of privatisation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have read it all very carefully, and it smacks of future shock: the apotheosis of human technology at the expense of the human being. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the things we are paying the price for to-day is the apotheosis of the planner, the apotheosis of the technocrat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that he is enjoying his apotheosis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the coming of television, mass communication embarked upon a kind of apotheosis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Frankly, it appears that this world has now reached the apotheosis of insanity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, the apotheosis of non-discrimination is death. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imagine the folly—it is surely the apotheosis of ineptitude—of using an argument of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are discussing the jury system, which is, after all, the apotheosis of the common man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I decline to believe that, with the nation state as it exists today, we have reached some political apotheosis that cannot be surpassed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know him to be the apotheosis of courtesy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were struggling to get the balance of payments right—the apotheosis of the pound sterling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, to begin with, it means the apotheosis of bureaucracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of apotheosis 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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