votive
votive 英 ['vəʊtɪv] 美 ['votɪv]
adj. 奉献的（副词votively）；献纳的；诚心祈求的
名词复数:votives
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- adj. 奉献的（副词votively）；献纳的；诚心祈求的
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1. It is worth visiting Volterra for this museum alone and for just one exhibit, a bronze votive figure of a boy, extraordinarily elongated in form.
游览沃尔泰拉是值得的，即使仅仅为了这个博物馆，一个展览，一个男孩许愿的青铜雕像，在形式上额外的加长。
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2. A festival had taken place there that morning; near the entrance, votive candles melted (David lighted one for his father), and inside the temple mighty sticks of incense smoldered in iron urns.
那天早上一个节庆开始了，在入口处，献祭的蜡烛融化了（大卫为他的父亲点了一支），寺庙内，铁瓮里巨大的香柱在熏烧。
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3. Treasure was buried for many reasons: to keep it out of enemy hands, to "bank" a fortune, to serve as a votive offering.
一般来说，埋藏财宝有这样几个原因：让财宝远离敌人； 为了储藏财富； 作为宗教上的布施与贡献。
- votive (adj.) 1590s, "dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow," from Middle French votif, from Latin votivus "of or pertaining to a vow, promised by a vow, conforming to one's wishes," from votum (see vow (n.)).
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