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标 题: "Word-of-the-Day" : apotheosis
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Tue Oct 19 08:47:06 1999), 转信
apotheosis ("uh-POTH-ee-oh-sis) n.
origin: from the Greek "apotheoun", meaning to deify.
1. exaltation to divine rank or stature, deification.
"Curious to see, how we veer and whirl, yet must ever whirl round
again, and scud before the wind. If, on the one hand, we re-admit
the
Protesting Seventy-three, we, on the other hand, agree to consummate
the
Apotheosis of Marat; lift his body from the Cordeliers Church, and
transport it to the Pantheon of Great Men..."
--Thomas Carlyle, "The French Revolution: A History"
"Now we're in the Great Rotunda of the Capitol of the United States.
The dome weighs 9 million pounds, so let's hope it doesn't fall on
us
[laughs]. Rimini* did this painting up in the ceiling, which is
George Washington in heaven. It's officially called `The Apotheosis
of
George Washington.' I must say, as a child, I just thought this was
about
the funniest thing on Earth. First of all, he's in a dress.
He's in a purple dress. You see him?"
--Cokie Roberts, "Capitol Building Tour" on National Public Radio.
2. An exalted or glorified example.
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