apotheosis
神化,神化现象,神化作用,神圣化
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plural a·poth·e·o·ses [uh-poth-ee-oh-seez, ap-uh-thee-uh-seez]. /əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ siz, ˌæp əˈθi əˌsiz/.
- : the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.
- : the ideal example; epitome; quintessence: This poem is the apotheosis of lyric expression.
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The format Stewart popularized has now reached its undisputed apotheosis with John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight,” while the infotainment and political commentary ecospheres have expanded beyond television to YouTube and social media.
Cringe reaches its apotheosis in a particular genre of bizarre video that mashes up politicians with action heroes.
To gaze upon the Harden-era Rockets’ shot chart was to see the apotheosis of analytics-based offensive strategy.
That transformation of the brand seems now to have its apotheosis in the arrival of the Tour de France.
Dance is a vehicle for personal expression, community storytelling, and the apotheosis of ceremony.
If life has such a thing as an apotheosis, it surely involves truffled capon.
Over the course of these novels, the style becomes increasingly parsimonious, reaching its apotheosis in The Golden Bowl.
These triumphs were seen as the apotheosis of human enterprise and might.
It may be looked upon as the apotheosis of the old style of organ-building, with low pressures, duplication, and mixtures.
In the maidenly beauty of her eighteenth spring, the young girl's glance wanders dreamily over the apotheosis of the setting sun.
So strict are we in etiquette; etiquette indeed being now upon its apotheosis, and after such efforts.