worship
英 ['wɜːʃɪp] 美 ['wɜːrʃɪp]
n.崇拜；爱慕；做礼拜 vi.做礼拜 vt.崇拜；爱慕
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◉Etymology
“Worship” 这个单词源自古英语的 “weorthscipe”，意为"尊敬，崇拜"。
◉外刊例句
① The villagers gathered in the temple to worship their deity with offerings and prayers.
村民们聚集在庙宇里，用供品和祈祷来崇拜他们的神明。
——The New York Times - 2023年2月
② The singer’s fans worship him like a god, attending every concert and buying all his albums.
这位歌手的粉丝像崇拜神明一样崇拜他，参加每一场演唱会并购买他的所有专辑。
——The Guardian - 2023年4月
③ The ancient ruins are a place of pilgrimage where people come to worship their ancestors and seek blessings.
这座古老的遗址是一个朝圣之地，人们前来供奉祖先并祈求祝福。
——BBC News - 2023年7月
◉Usage Examples
(1) He deserves all the praise and worship.
(2) She scorn the girls who worship football stars.
(3) She was blind to the silent worship in his eyes.
(4) We attended worship this morning.
(5) The boy worshipped his father.
(1) 他值得我们一切的赞美和崇拜。
(2) 她看不起那些崇拜足球明星的女孩子。
(3) 她没有发觉他眼里流露出的无声的敬慕之情。
(4) 今晨我们去做礼拜了。
(5) 这小孩崇拜他的父亲。
◉Usage note
To worship is to show a lot of love and adoration for something. Religious believers worship gods, and people can worship other people and things too.
Worship is an extreme form of love — it's a type of unquestioning devotion. If you worship God, then you love God so much that you don't question him at all. Going to church is a form of worship — so is prayer. People also use the word worship in other cases. If you love a musician or sports star, you might say, "I worship her!" Or someone might say to you, "Man, you need to wake up and stop worshiping him."
◉Colins
1. [VERB 动词]敬奉(神) If you worship a god, you show your respect to the god, for example by saying prayers. [V n] [V]
I enjoy going to church and worshipping God.
我喜欢去教堂做礼拜。
...Jews worshipping at the Wailing Wall.
在哭墙前敬拜的犹太人
Worship is also a noun.
...the worship of the ancient Roman gods...
对古罗马诸神的敬奉
St Jude's church is a public place of worship.
圣犹大教堂是做礼拜的公共场所。
worshipper
At the end of the service, scores of worshippers streamed down to the altar.
礼拜结束时，许多敬拜者涌向圣坛。
2. [VERB 动词]崇拜；景仰；热爱 If you worship someone or something, you love them or admire them very much. [V n]
She had worshipped him for years...
她仰慕他已有多年。
They worship James Brown, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix.
他们崇拜詹姆斯·布朗、鲍勃·马利和吉米·亨德里克斯。
