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deifying

/dee-uh-fahy/US // ˈdi əˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈdiːɪˌfaɪ, ˈdeɪɪ-) //

神化,神化了,神化人,亵渎

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·i·fied, de·i·fy·ing.

    • : to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
    • : to adore or regard as a deity: to deify wealth.

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Examples

  • A movie that deified him AND gave me wacky cartoons was always going to win over my pea-sized brain.

  • To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are.

  • This on a continent where most people nearly deify the Clintons, and almost all American presidents.

  • The latter wished to deify Alexander; but Timaeus exalts Timoleon above the most venerable gods.

  • Not satisfied with three Gods, they must canonize and deify men and make saints and demi-gods.

  • It is a ghastly thing to study these religions, and to see what dark and revolting qualities ignorance can deify.

  • It is not clear, then, how they can 'deify' classes of things, if they have no notion of deity.

  • His choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or demonize his humanity.