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

• Of course someone else might argue that a box of fine Swiss milk chocolates is the apotheosis of the art of chocolate.
  当然，也会有人说一盒香浓的瑞士牛奶巧克力才是巧克力艺术的典范。
• 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。
• His blinded eyes see an internal vision, glowing beauty, a kind of'beatific vision'which culminates in his final apotheosis.
  他瞎了的眼睛看见一个不断变得漂亮的视像，最终取得快乐详和的视像。
• 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。
• 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。
• The new house is the apotheosis of a dream for him.
  新房子使他的美梦成真。
• Advance managing mode and professional technicians make the enterprise the apotheosis in the industry.
  先进的管理模式，专业的技术人员使企业成为行业典范。
• 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；
• Xie lingyun had a great achievement in his poetic language innovation and was hailed as an apotheosis.
  谢灵运在诗歌语言的创新上成就巨大，颇具典范意义。
• 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；