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reverencen.
1.respect尊敬。
△As.1.1.54 (50):“your coming be-fore me is nearer to his reverence.”i.e. your being ol-der than I gives you a nearer claim to the respectwhich was due to him (= Sir Rowland,their father).
你既出生在先，就更该得到家长应得的尊敬。
2. reverential appearance令人肃然起敬的外貌。
△Lr.4.2.41:“A father,and a gracious aged man,/ Whosereverence even the head-lugged bear would lick，”一位父亲，一位慈祥的老人，连被牵着头的熊也会舔舔他表示致敬。
3. character entitled to particular regard,reverendcharacter应受尊敬的品格，可敬畏的声望。
△Ado.4.1.169(167): “trust not my age,/ My reverence,calling,nordivinity，”不要相信我的这一把年纪，我的声望，我的职业，也不要相信我的神学造诣。
4. reverend old age,venerable age受尊敬的老年，德高望重之年。
△2H.VI. 5. 2. 48: “in thy reverence and thychair-days，”在你业已德高望重、理应坐在椅子里安度晚年的日子里。
5. privilege of age老年人的特权。
△Ado.5.1.64:“I amforced to lay my reverence by，”我只好不顾我这一把年纪。6. solemnity庄严。
△Oth.3.3. 462 (461):“In the duereverence of a sacred vow”，以神圣誓言的庄严性。
7. worship,highness阁下，尊驾。
△Mer.2.2.26:“sav-ing your reverence，”i.e. with all respect to you(anapologetic phrase used for going to mention “the dev-il” himself). 没有对你失敬的意思；对不起。(道歉用语，因为下
面要提到“魔鬼本身”。)
your reverence: a respectful style of address （表示尊敬的称呼）尊驾，你老。
△ Oth.1.1.133(132): “I thus wouldplay and trifle with your reverence.”我竟敢这样来戏弄你老。
reverencevt. regard with high respect and venera-tion,venerate,honour 以崇敬看待，崇敬，尊敬。
△1H.VI.5.4.138: “ ’Tis known already that I am possessed /With more than half the Gallian territories,/ Andtherein reverenced for their lawful king.”众所周知，我已拥有法国的一多半领土，而且在这里被尊崇为合法的国王。 |