votary

美 [ˈvoʊtəri]英 [ˈvəʊtəri]
  • n.(天主教)立誓献身者,信徒;信仰者;爱好者,迷;修士;修女;仰慕者
  • adj.誓奉神圣的;誓言的,誓约的

复数: votaries

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies

formal仰慕者;爱好者;信仰者
a person who worships or loves sb/sth

a votary of John Keats

约翰∙济慈的崇拜者

noun

1
a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
the cultured votary of science
2
a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
a votary of Aphrodite
3
one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
monasteries of votaries

数据来源:WordNet

  1. ( Greek & Roman mythology ) a priest or votary of Bacchus .

    (希腊和罗马神话)酒神巴克斯的牧师或信仰者。

  2. A votary of Aphrodite .

    美神阿芙罗狄蒂的信仰者。

  3. Then at last the votary of Venus found words to thank the goddess .

    这个时候,维纳斯的信徒才想起来向维纳斯女神感谢了一番。

  4. Akshay Babu , who had made the passion in English literature living to us , was himself a votary of the emotional life .

    阿卡什先生,这位使我们逼真地感到英国文学强烈情感的人,他自己就是一个性情中人。

  5. He was a votary of golf .

    他是高尔夫球忠实信徒。

  6. Votaries of global governance aver that since more problems are global , more solutions should be global .

    信奉全球治理的人士主张,由于更多问题具有全球性,因此更多解决方案也应具有全球性。

  7. That further feminine step in advance which combines paint and petticoats together had not found a votary in Miss Thorne .

    女性采取的把指粉和裙子结合起来的更为前进的一步,并没有得到索思小姐的支持。

  8. Later the tragic chorus came to be an aesthetic imitation of that natural phenomenon ; which then necessitated a distinction between Dionysian spectators and votaries actually spellbound by the god .

    后来悲剧歌队的结构就是在艺术上模仿这种自然现象,这里当然需要分开酒神祭观众与变态的与祭者。

  9. Only superstition is now so well advanced , that men of the first blood are as firm as butchers by occupation : and votary resolution is made equipollent to custom , even in matter of blood .

    只有一件,就是现在迷信很盛,以致初次为迷信杀人的人简直是和业屠的人一样地不动心;盟誓底决意也被作成与习惯一样地强,甚至在流血的事件中亦是如此。

  10. The brotherly spirit of science , which unites into one family all its votaries of whatever grade , and however widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe . ( Franklin Rosevelt , american president )

    科学的博爱精神把分散在世界各地、各种热心科学的人联结成一个大家庭。(美国总统罗斯福)