numinous
numinous 英 [ˈnju:mɪnəs] 美 [ˈnumɪnəs]
adj. 精神上的；超自然的；神圣的；庄严的
- Something numinous has a strong religious quality, suggesting the presence of a divine power. When you enter a temple, church, or mosque, you might feel as though you've entered a numinous space.
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- adj. 精神上的；超自然的；神圣的；庄严的
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1. fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits . (Karl Marx, German revolutionary )
在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。 ( 德国革命家 马克思.
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2. The coolness of the merely beautiful, however, can be supercharged by the sublime or even the numinous.
然而仅仅美丽之酷就可能被升华甚或神圣超常地激发。
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3. We are consuming our resources in a numinous rate and there are millions of people who are in desperate poverty.
我们在以一个很快的速度,使用我们的资源,数以百万的人极度贫困。
- numinous (adj.) "divine, spiritual," 1640s, from Latin numen (genitive numinis) "divine will," properly "divine approval expressed by nodding the head," from nuere "to nod," from PIE *neu- (2) "to nod" (source also of Greek neuein "to nod") + -ous.
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