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worship a/the deity
The ancient people worshipped a sun deity.
古代人崇拜一位太阳神。
神；女神；神灵
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神；女神；神灵
A god or goddess; a supernatural being that is worshipped.
The ancient people worshipped a sun deity.
古代人崇拜一位太阳神。
神性的同义词:成为神的状态、位置或事实。
Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
被崇拜的超自然存在,主宰世界某部分或生活某方面,或为力量的化身
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
超自然的神圣存在；神或女神。
A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.
In ancient Greece, each major city had its own protective deity.
在古希腊，每个主要城市都有自己的守护神。
Many Hindus worship a personal deity as their chosen form of God.
许多印度教徒崇拜一位个人神祇，作为他们选择的神的形态。
Some people view nature itself as a deity.
有些人视自然本身为神。
The ancient people worshipped a sun deity.
古代人崇拜一位太阳神。
She is the deity of wisdom and war.
她是智慧与战争之神。
常用形容词包括 benevolent、powerful、protective 等。
They prayed to a benevolent deity for protection.
他们向一位仁慈的神祈求保护。
Not this
The ancient Chinese worshipped many deity.
Use this
The ancient Chinese worshipped many deities.
deity 是可数名词，复数形式为 deities。错误句子中用了单数形式，而语境表示多个神，所以应用复数。
Not this
They built a deity temple on the hill.
Use this
They built a temple to a deity on the hill.
deity 是名词，不能直接修饰另一个名词作定语。正确表达应使用介词短语 'to a deity' 或所有格 'deity's'，但更常见的是 'temple of a deity'。
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古代神祇
They prayed to an ancient deity for protection.
他们向一位古代神祇祈求保护。
印度教神祇
Vishnu is a major Hindu deity.
毗湿奴是一位主要的印度教神祇。
自然神
The tribe worshipped a nature deity associated with the forest.
这个部落崇拜一位与森林相关的自然神。
神祇崇拜
Deity worship is central to many religions.
神祇崇拜是许多宗教的核心。
神祇形象
The statue represents a deity figure holding a lotus.
这座雕像代表一位手持莲花的神祇形象。
罗马神祇
Jupiter was the king of the Roman deities.
朱庇特是罗马神祇之王。
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发音似“地提”，想象神灵从大地中被提起，主宰世界。
语域：formal 常见场景：religious texts、mythology 通常用于正式或学术语境，如宗教、神话或哲学讨论，在日常口语中较少使用。
These words share the spelling ending '-ity' but do not rhyme with 'deity' because the stressed vowel is different (short /ɪ/ or similar vs /iə/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.