apotheosis

Word family

1 BESTthe best and most perfect example of something 典范，最完美的榜样

apotheosis of

the apotheosis of romantic art

浪漫派艺术的典范

2 HIGH POSITION OR RANKthe best or highest point in someone’s life or job 〔生命或事业的〕巅峰 SYN apex

apotheosis of

the apotheosis of his career

他事业的巅峰

Examples from the Corpus

apotheosis• The human capital concept is not new, even though it reached its apotheosis in the 1960s.• Successive Democratic presidents built on that idea until it reached its apotheosis under Carter and finally lost public support.• The bust, bosom or cleavage was for the Fifties the apotheosis of erogenous zones.• Wild Rice and Onion Bread is the apotheosis of the onion bagel.• His story is the apotheosis of the Victorian servant.• There was the Worm, apotheosis of the suburban man for whom Gubbins wrote.

Origin apotheosis

(1500-1600) Late Latin Greek, from apotheoun “to make into a god”, from apo- ( → APOCALYPSE) + theos “god”

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BNC: 23012 COCA: 23615

apotheosis