venerable

[US]/ˈvenərəbl/
[UK]/ˈvenərəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 值得尊重的;神聖的
n. 尊重;敬佩
adv. 受敬佩地

Phrases & Collocations

a venerable tradition

一項古老的傳統

venerable elder

尊敬的長者

Example Sentences

The cathedral is a venerable building.

主教座堂是神聖莊嚴的建築。

We plan to visit the venerable ruins of the abbey.

我們計劃去訪問該修道院的珍貴的歷史遺址。

The Brahmin Devahita gave venerable Upavana some warm water with a pingo and a man to carry it and some molasses in a bag.

七時,提婆比多婆羅門,施一擔溫水、一瓶糖蜜予尊者優波婆那。

It w now a twelvemonth since the funeral procession of the venerable clergymen, its last inhabitant, had turned from that gateway towards the village burying-ground.

舊宅的故主是位德高望重的牧師,現已不在人世,一年前,他的靈柩從園門裏遷出,移向村中的公墓,也有不少人執紼隨行。

It was now a twelvemonth since the funeral procession of the venerable clergymen, its last inhabitant, had turned from that gateway towards the village burying-ground.

①爲它的上一個住戶,那位可敬的牧師,舉行的送葬行列出了園門朝着村裏的墓地逶迤行去的那個日子,已經過去十二個月了。

The Western world has yet to respect the aged members of its society as the Japanese do. One who isvenerable commands respect by virtue of dignity and age:

西方世界的人們要象日本人那樣尊重社會的老年成員。 Venerable 形容因高齡和德行而讓人敬仰的人:

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