the apotheosis of [noun]
The painting is the apotheosis of Renaissance art.
这幅画是文艺复兴艺术的典范。
巅峰;顶峰;高潮
典范;完美典型;极致;神化;奉为神明;颂扬;美化;推崇;升天;逝世;心理中介体
The highest point or best moment in the development of something, such as a life or career; culmination.
The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
某种类型的卓越或完美的典范;无与伦比者
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
将某人提升至神的地位
the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.
The performance was the apotheosis of artistic excellence.
这场表演是艺术卓越的典范。
用法提示:apotheosis 作为名词,表示完美的榜样
Many consider her novel the apotheosis of the science fiction genre.
许多人认为她的小说是科幻小说类型的巅峰之作。
用法提示:apotheosis 指某一类型的最高典范
His career reached its apotheosis when he won the Nobel Prize.
他获得诺贝尔奖时,职业生涯达到了顶峰。
用法提示:apotheosis 表示发展的最高阶段或典范
The painting is the apotheosis of Renaissance art.
这幅画是文艺复兴艺术的典范。
Many consider her the apotheosis of modern dance.
许多人认为她是现代舞的完美典范。
常用于表示达到最高点或完美状态。
The singer reached her apotheosis with that final performance.
那位歌手在那场最后的演出中达到了她的巅峰。
epitome 侧重‘缩影/集中体现’,常指某特质在具体事物上的典型代表;比 apotheosis 更常用,但语气不如其强烈。
embodiment 着重‘抽象品质在具体人或物上呈现’,非常常用;但不像 apotheosis 那样含‘极致完美’的褒义,需搭配所指品质。
quintessence 较文雅,强调某事物最纯粹、最核心的特质,可直指‘精华’;与 apotheosis 相比,更偏内在本质而非至高地位。
paragon 多指人,也可指物,强调完美得无可挑剔;多含明确褒义,不如 apotheosis 中性或正式。
exemplar 强调作为标准或范本的实例,常带学习、模仿的意味;apotheosis 则侧重‘至高无上’,一般不可互换为‘榜样’。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is apotheosis of beauty.
正确表达He is the apotheosis of beauty.
英语中可数名词前需加冠词。apotheosis是可数名词,表示“完美的典范”,前面需要加定冠词the。
grammar · medium
易错句子These paintings are apotheosises of nature.
正确表达These paintings are apotheoses of nature.
apotheosis的复数形式是apotheoses,而不是在词尾加-es。这是不规则变化。
此处 apotheosis 取“最高点/极致(完美典范)”义;nadir 指最低点,是程度上的反面,但不含“典范”或“反面典型”的意味,二者不可互换。
此处 apotheosis 取“无与伦比的完美典型”义;antithesis 指性质上恰好相反的事物,与褒义的“极致典范”相对,但不像 nadir 那样表示程度高低。
epitome 指某类事物的典型代表,强调概括;apotheosis 指完美典范,强调神圣化或最高理想
apogee 指空间或时间上的最高点,如轨道或发展;apotheosis 指品质或意义上的至臻完美
apocalypse 指灾难性结局或启示;apotheosis 指提升至神性或完美境界,词根不同
……的典范;……的极致
Many critics consider this novel the apotheosis of Victorian literature.
许多评论家认为这部小说是维多利亚时代文学的典范。
达到顶峰;达到极致
Baroque architecture reached its apotheosis in the palaces of Europe.
巴洛克建筑在欧洲的宫殿中达到了顶峰。
最终的高潮;最后的升华
The opera's final apotheosis left the audience breathless.
歌剧最终的高潮让观众屏息凝神。
英雄的神化
The legend tells of the apotheosis of the hero after his death in battle.
这个传说讲述了英雄战死之后被神化的故事。
美的极致;美的典范
The marble statue was once regarded as the apotheosis of beauty.
这座大理石雕像曾被视为美的极致。
adjective
前缀 apo-(离开/变化)+ 词根 theo-(神)+ 后缀 -osis(过程/状态);同根词:theology(神学)、atheist(无神论者);同前缀词:apology(道歉)、apogee(远地点);同后缀词:metamorphosis(蜕变)、osmosis(渗透)
众神集体,和升格为神、进入神系地位的意义相关。
外貌向神圣或完美状态的转变,与神化主题接近。
最高点,对应“无与伦比的典范”这层含义。
将人提升到神圣或荣耀地位的方式,与神化语义相关。
对神化人物或完美典范所表达的崇敬。
……的典范;……的极致;……的最高形式
The building is considered the apotheosis of modern architecture.
这座建筑被认为是现代建筑的典范。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.