idolatry

英 [aɪ'dɒlətrɪ] 美 [aɪ'dɑlətri]
  • n. 偶像崇拜;盲目崇拜;邪神崇拜

中文词源


idolatry 偶像崇拜

idol,偶像,-latry,崇拜,词源同zoolatry.

英文词源


idolatry (n.)
mid-13c., from Old French idolatrie, from Vulgar Latin idolatria, shortened from Late Latin idololatria (Tertullian), from Ecclesiastical Greek eidololatria "worship of idols," from eidolon "image" (see idol) + latreia "worship, service" (see -latry).

双语例句


1. Their affection for her soon increased almost to idolatry.
他们对她的喜爱不久就发展到了盲目崇拜的地步。

来自柯林斯例句

2. football fans whose support for their team borders on idolatry
对球队几乎到了盲目崇拜地步的足球迷

来自《权威词典》

3. Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging.
迷信 、 愚昧和虚伪具有腰缠万贯, 但真理一直是一个乞丐.

来自辞典例句

4. The queen was adored to the point of idolatry.
女王被崇敬得快成偶像了.

来自辞典例句

5. She has a kind of idolatry.
她是个盲目崇拜者.

来自辞典例句

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