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reverent

/rev-er-uhnt, rev-ruhnt/US // ˈrɛv ər ənt, ˈrɛv rənt //UK // (ˈrɛvərənt, ˈrɛvrənt) //

虔诚的,虔诚,虔诚地,尊敬的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful: a reverent greeting.

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Examples

  • These don’t feel like Easter eggs or cred-grabs so much as a reverent tethering to home.

  • It should come as no surprise that Wignot has painted such a reverent, yet deeply personal portrait of her subject.

  • The Irregulars, another Netflix release, out March 26, is the least reverent recent expansion of the brand.

  • But Alexander is far more intellectually sophisticated, and frankly more reverent.

  • The parade was solemn, with reverent music and the call-and-response singing of two choirs.

  • The story of these and her sisters we must pass in reverent silence.

  • Two, we wanted to offer sincere and reverent homage to those same beautifully made movies.

  • “And they remembered my name,” he says with an almost reverent gratitude.

  • The Savages have often been present, always profoundly silent and reverent.

  • These words, uttered with thrilling earnestness, struck reverent awe into the nuns and the stranger.

  • There was a peculiar, reverent tenderness in his manner towards her, that was even more marked than usual.

  • I only knew I loved it and I became reverent as the sounds carried themselves through my brain via my heart.

  • She was reading a book with reverent attention; it was a volume of the works of one of our modern Juvenals.