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devotionn. 1. devoutness. piety虔敬,虔诚。 △Mac.4.3.94:“De-votion,patience,courage,fortitude,”虔诚、耐性、勇敢、刚强。 △2H.VI.2.1.87 (85): “Tell me,good fellow,cam’st thou here by chance / Or of devotion,to this holy shrine?”告诉我,好人,你来到这座神圣的祠庙,是出于偶然还是出于虔诚呢? △3H.VI.4.6.42: “While I myselfwill lead a private life,/ And in devotion spend mylatter days,”我自己则要过一种退隐的生活,在虔诚修行中度过晚年。 2. devoutness,piety,i.e. worship,prayer虔敬,虔诚,(指)礼拜,祈祷。 △Rom.4.1.41: “God shield I shoulddisturb devotion!” 上帝不许我打扰你们的虔诚(又译:祈祷)。 △3H.VI.2.1.164: “Tell our devotion / with revenge-ful arms?” i.e. count off our prayers,but with sword-strokes instead of beads. 用复仇的手臂计数我们的祷告(双关:宣告我们的虔诚)。 △R.III.3.7.101 (102): “And par-don us the interruption / of thy devotion and rightChristian zeal.”请原谅我们打断了你的礼拜和你那真正基督徒的热忱。 3. devout purpose or object,devoted errand虔诚的目的,忠诚的任务。 △ R.III.4.1.8: “No farther than theTower,and as I guess,/ Upon the like devotion asyourselves;”就是到伦敦塔,而且,我猜,目的跟你们一样。 4. worship,reverence 崇拜,敬仰。 △Tw.3.4.398(362): “And to his image,which methought didpromise / Most venerable worth,did I devotion.”我看他的样子像是具有可敬的高贵品性,所以我对他表示恭顺。 5. enthusiasm热心。 △Oth.5.1.8: “I have no greatdevotion to the deed,”我对这件事不是很热心。 |