2.literary the showing of great love and respect for God 〔对上帝的〕崇拜
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adoration• But both confess that they originally learned to play guitar and did so from an adolescentadoration of Westernpopmusic.• Is it the thought of prizes, a tenuredteaching position, the long-shot of commercialsuccess and criticaladoration?• He is said to have shown his adoration for her by kissing her holymanuscripts and having them richly bound for her.• In adoration what we see is as alone as you, as me.• He looked at Julia in obviousadoration.• Velchanos was always subject to the goddess and always shown in attitudes of adoration.• Joanna had looked up at him, open adoration in her glowingsapphire eyes.• He had never seen such adoration on a face before, and it was all directed at him.• Morales, who came to Poteet High School when it opened in 1990, was greeted with adoration from the students.