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

• That night was Richard's apotheosis.
  是夜，理查德登上了人生的顶峰。
• He was the apotheosis of generosity.
  他是宽宏大量的化身[典范]。
• Edwin Way Teale's Wandering Through WinterWinter is not only an apotheosis of contemporary American nature prose but also a pioneer work in contemporary ecological trend of thoughts.
  蒂尔的《冬日漫游》既是美国当代自然散文的典范，又是当代生态思潮的先驱之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her acting career achieved its apotheosis in that film.
  她的演艺生涯在那部影片里可谓是登峰造极了。
• It was one of the mightiest achievements of the potent combination of big government and big science; in many ways the apotheosis of the post-war American political consensus.
  这是伟大政府和大科学结合的最伟大的成就之一；在某种程度上来说，这也是战后美国政治共识的典范。
• There is an primal gene of apotheosis of life in ancient Chinese comedies, but it was chronically oppressed and contorted by feudal orthodox culture.
  摘要中国古代的喜剧美具有一种崇生意识的原始基因，但其受到了封建正统文化的长期压抑和扭曲。
• He was an apotheosis of chivalry.
  他是骑士精神的典。
• One of the large paintings showed the apotheosis of the emperor trajan.
  巨大的图画中有一幅把图拉真皇帝神化了。