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awen. 1. reverential fear,i.e. authority敬畏,(转义)权威。 △H.Ⅴ.1.2.224:“France being ours,we’ll bend it toour awe,”i.e.make it bow down in fear of me,sub-due it to our authority. 既然法兰西属于我们所有,我们就要叫它向我们的权威低头。 2. obedience,subjection服从,制服。 △2H.Ⅵ.1.1.92(91):“debating to and fro/How France and French-men might be kept in awe,”反复讨论如何把法国和法国人制服下去。 hold in awe:overawe,exact reverence from,i.e.rule 吓服,逼…敬畏,(转指)支配。 △1H.Ⅵ.1.1.39:“Thywife is proud,she holdeth thee in awe,/ More thanGod or religious churchmen may.”(Thy wife: i.e.El-eanor Cobham,Gloucester’s second wife,who wasambitious.)你的妻子很傲慢,她能管住你,比上帝和教会人土都厉害。 awe[ɔ:]v.畏惧,恐惧 ◇ in awe of散畏,害怕 ‖ awful adj. awesome adj.可怕的,很坏的,糟透的,威严的 awfully adv. aweless adj.无畏的 awfulness n. |