apotheosis

英 [əˌpɒθiˈəʊsɪs]

美 [əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsɪs]

n.  鼎盛时期; 发展顶峰; 完美阶段; (人生或事业的)巅峰; (指人)册封为神，尊奉为神，神化

GRE

BNC.23012 / COCA.23615

牛津词典

noun

• 鼎盛时期；发展顶峰；完美阶段
  the highest or most perfect development of sth
• （人生或事业的）巅峰
  the best time in sb's life or career
• （指人）册封为神，尊奉为神，神化
  a formal statement that a person has become a god
  1. the apotheosis of a Roman Emperor
     册封罗马皇帝为神

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 典型;典范;榜样
  If something isthe apotheosis ofsomething else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
  1. The Oriental in Bangkok is the apotheosis of the grand hotel.
     曼谷的东方饭店是豪华饭店的典范。
• N-SING （事业或人生的）巅峰，顶峰
  If you describe an event or a time as someone'sapotheosis, you mean that it was the high point in their career or their life.
  1. That night was Richard's apotheosis.
     是夜，理查德登上了人生的顶峰。

英英释义

noun

• the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
  Synonym:deificationexaltation
• model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  Synonym:idealparagonnonpareilsaintnonesuchnonsuch

双语例句

• And I think, in some kind of way, they reached their apotheosis in'Revenge Of The Sith.
  我认为，在某些方面，他们在《西斯的复仇》中达到了他们的最高境界。
• Qing Dynasty paid more attention to the legislation of mongolia, the quantity and quality of legislation are all apotheosis of natiomal legislation in the history.
  摘要清代非常重视对蒙古族的立法，其立法数量和质量都是我国历史上民族立法的典范。
• Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.
  他们的领导人是勇敢的典范。
• This scene may represent the apotheosis or the dead princess.
  这一景可以表示公主已羽化登仙。
• It takes scarcely three generations for the apotheosis.
  几乎并不需要三代人就酿成了这种神化现象；
• Pilgrimage to the West has made up a world of deity and monster, and Monkey King is an artistic model of "reality from fantasy" created by the writer from the conjunction of apotheosis and humanity.
  《西游记》为我们虚构了一个神魔世界，孙悟空是作者在神化和人化的交叉点上创造出来的“幻中有真”的艺术典型。
• That night was Richard's apotheosis.
  是夜，理查德登上了人生的顶峰。
• This, however, is but the prelude to his apotheosis: a set of emissaries are dispatched among the people to cry up his piety, gravity, and love of raw flesh;
  然而这只是把他奉为神明的序曲：一批全都被派到民间去，称赞他是非常虔诚、庄严、热爱混沌未开的众生；
• He's the apotheosis of athletes.
  乔丹是所有运动员的完美典范。
• He was the apotheosis of generosity.
  他是宽宏大量的化身[典范]。