the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people
a material effigy that is worshipped
双语例句
1. They offered sacrifices to the gods.
他们向众神献上祭品。
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2. Sacrifices were made to propitiate the gods.
人们供奉祭品以求神灵息怒。
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3. The pharaohs, after all, were considered gods and therefore immortal.
法老毕竟被当作神，因而长生不死。
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4. The Maya believed in many gods.
玛雅人信奉许多神。
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5. In China, guests are almost like gods.
在中国，客人就像上帝一样。
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6. This was all that remained of our former gods.
这是我们以前的神明留下的所有一切。
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7. They worshipped the gods all the more after the incident.
事件发生后，他们更加崇拜神灵了。
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8. Did all the gods of the olden times pass through the large saloons?
古代所有的神都是从那些大厅里走过的吗？
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9. He decides to destroy the gods and he is thwarted by a water god named Ea.
他决定毁灭众神，却被一位名叫 Ea 的水神所挫败。
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10. In some way, the elite had associated themselves with the power of the gods.
在某种程度上，精英们把自己与神的力量联系在一起。
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11. Tiamat and Apsu are disturbed by the din and the tumult of these younger gods.
Tiamat和Apsu被这些年轻的神灵的喧嚣和骚动所打扰。
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12. In Scandinavian mythology the rainbow was a bridge between the gods and the earth.
在斯堪的纳维亚神话中，彩虹是神与大地之间的桥梁。
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13. Monks in orange robes offer flowers and food to the gods and produce haunting sounds on conch shells.
身穿橘袍的僧人向神灵献上鲜花和食物，并在海螺壳上发出萦绕不去的声音。
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14. It seems that humankind is to be destroyed because they irritate the gods with their tumult and noise.
似乎是人类是要被毁灭的，因为人类的骚乱和噪音惹怒众神。
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15. Gold was considered divine in ancient Greece and was used to adorn temples and as an offering to the gods.
在古希腊，黄金被认为是神圣的，被用来装饰庙宇和作为对神的祭品。
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16. In the earliest version, the gods destroy the human race because its clamor had been so disturbing to them.
在最早的版本中，众神毁灭了人类，因为人类的喧闹声对他们来说太令人烦躁了。
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17. In Greek mythology, it was associated with Iris, the goddess who brought messages from the gods on Mount Olympus.
在希腊神话中，它与艾丽斯女神有关，她从奥林匹斯山上的众神那里带来信息。
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18. The dancers in these ceremonies wear masks, headdresses, and costumes that they believe are necessary to influence gods.
参加这些仪式的舞者戴着面具、头饰和服饰，他们认为这些是影响神的必要条件。
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19. The rainbow is another ancient and universal symbol, often representing the connection between human beings and their gods.
彩虹是另一个古老而普遍的象征，通常代表人类和他们的神之间的联系。
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20. I am singing the starry sky and the hosts that sang high in air, and the gods that were suddenly destroyed in their own shrines.
我在歌唱星空，在空中高歌的主人，以及在自己的神殿中突然被摧毁的神灵。
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21. Statues were created not for their decorative effect but to play a primary role in the cults of the gods, the king, and the dead.
人们不是为了装饰效果而创作了这些雕像，而是为了它们能在祭祀神灵、国王和逝者这一方面发挥主要作用。
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22. They created figurines which were small statues and which depicted animals or gods or any shape that the clay could be moulded into.
他们创造出了塑像，也就是一些小雕像，描绘动物、神明或任何黏土能塑成的形状。
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23. Milton intends to soar above the wheeling poles of the visible world and describe the otherwise invisible comings and goings of the gods.
弥尔顿想屹立于现实世界旋转的柱子之上，去描绘无形世界中神的来来往往。
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24. Death and disease are consigned to the realm of these evil demons or these impure evil spirits, but they are siblings with the good gods.
死亡和疾病归被托付给这些恶神和邪灵管，但是这些恶神往往和善神是兄弟姐妹。
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25. I can spend my later years, the twilight of my life, turning to the things about the gods, "performing sacrifices commanded by the gods".
我可以在我往后的光阴，我生命的暮年，转向服伺众神，“执行众神所要求的祭典”。
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26. Some scholars believe that Yahweh was originally a tribal deity—a god whom the Hebrews worshiped and considered superior to the pagan gods.
一些学者认为耶和华最初是一个部落神——希伯来人崇拜的神，并认为他比异教神更优越。
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27. The myth also reminds us that these advances have come at a price: as a punishment for Prometheus' crime, the gods created Pandora, and they gave her a box filled with evils and curses.
28. When a religious leader started chanting with echoes bouncing off the stonewalls over and over again, it must've seemed like a whole chorus of other voices, spirits of Gods maybe, joining in.
