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单词 glory
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glory
(glɔːri )
Word forms: glories , glorying , gloried
1. uncountable noun
Glory is the fame and admiration that you gain by doing something impressive.
Walsham had his moment of glory when he won a 20km race.
We were still basking in the glory of our Championship win.
Synonyms: honour, praise, fame, celebrity  
2. plural noun
A person's glories are the occasions when they have done something people greatly admire which makes them famous.
The album sees them re-living past glories but not really breaking any new ground.
...the military glories of Frederick the Great.
3. uncountable noun [with poss]
The glory of something is its great beauty or impressive nature.
The glory of the idea blossomed in his mind. [+ of]
4. countable noun [usually plural]
The glories of a culture or place are the things that people admire most about it.
...a tour of Florence, to enjoy the artistic glories of the Italian Renaissance. [+ of]
One of the glories of the island has always been its bird population.
5. verb
If you glory in a situation or activity, you enjoy it very much.
The workers were glorying in their new-found freedom. [VERB + in]
He does not glory in his past successes and looks forward to achieving more. [VERB in noun]
Synonyms: triumph, boast, relish, revel  
6. a blaze of glory phrase
If you go out in a blaze of glory, you do something very dramatic at the end of your career or your life which makes you famous.
I am going to make national news headlines and go out in a blaze of glory.
Quotations:
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write on contempt of glory, inscribe their namesCiceroPro Archia
The paths of glory lead but to the graveThomas GrayElegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
William WordsworthIntimations of Immortality
To the greater glory of God (ad majorem Dei gloriam) Motto of the Society of Jesus
Thus passes the glory of the world (sic transit gloria mundi) Anon.
Collocations:
faded glory
Madras, a city of faded glory, has been revived by technology and trade.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Despite his millions, the room carries an air of faded glory.
The Sun (2013)
Then take a stroll around a city that is steeped in faded French colonial glory.
The Sun (2013)
former glory
To bring the West Pier back to its former glory would now probably cost £40 million.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The final steps to rediscovering former glories remain distant but a lucrative TV deal is in place.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It can now return to former glory.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
grab glory
And millions of TV viewers back home screamed her on as she grabbed last-gasp glory.
The Sun (2008)
But he is also hoping his old Stockport side can grab glory by beating their opponents.
The Sun (2011)
She is bound to grab medal glory and boost the whole of Britain.
The Sun (2012)
moment of glory
The record shows he claimed the bantamweight gold medal aged 18, but he was denied his moment of glory.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They put all that effort in and they know the moment of glory is transient.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This we have done over the years to share the recollection of a moment of glory.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
original glory
It took nine months to painstakingly restore it to its original glory.
Times,Sunday Times
The house was restored to its original glory and reduced by half, enabling the family to continue living in it.
Times, Sunday Times
Don't scrub: a good soaking in soapy water and a careful wipe will soon reveal the plates' original glory.
Times,Sunday Times
He bought it for about 2.25m in 2004 and has spent more than 1m returning it to its original glory (with added media room, of course).
Times, Sunday Times
There are plenty of places to learn all the skills needed to restore a historic building to its original glory.
Times, Sunday Times
past glory
I ignore criticism but I also don't live on past glories.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Because we aren't great at letting go of past glories, are we?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The singer says he doesn't want the band to trade on past glories.
The Sun (2014)
recapture the glory
Seeing him trying to recapture his glory days as he has approached middle age has been the saddest of sights.
The Sun
Three ageing gangsters are reunited when one gets out of prison, but the trio run into trouble when they try to recapture their glory days.
The Sun
They cannot hope to recapture the glory that led them to becoming the first side in history to win three leading tournaments in a row.
Times, Sunday Times
A club who are at last trying to recapture the glory nights of a bygone era.
Times, Sunday Times
He has acted decisively in taking the manager's job for the second time, because he obviously believes he can recapture the glory days.
The Sun
reflected glory
The relationship is symbiotic -the artist is fed and the provider of capital gets reflected glory and status.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I stood back to bask in her reflected glory but she began to cry.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He enjoys it and he enjoys the reflected glory that comes with it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
relive the glory
Music fans are used to bands reforming to relive their glory days.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes you can go home again and relive the glory days.
Houston Chronicle
The coach and four of the victors regularly gather to relive the glory of their shining moment.
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But this seems mainly to be a chance for everyone to relive the glories of yesteryear.
Times, Sunday Times
They spoke about legends of years past, relived the glory years and discuss the current club situation.
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sporting glory
So, for now, we had to make do with sporting glories.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What they are looking for is sporting glory.
The Sun (2013)
But we need to look at how other countries seize sporting glory.
The Sun (2010)
taste glory
Now 29, he has tasted glory at last.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There's not long to go now and each of the finalists can almost taste glory.
The Sun (2006)
The team made history that day but have not tasted glory since.
The Sun (2012)
ultimate glory
But the game's ultimate glory will not come easily.
Times, Sunday Times
Is this the first team ever to compete for ultimate glory with neither a manager nor a captain?
The Sun
Yet both knew their chance of the ultimate glory had gone.
The Sun
He was on his knees as the ball hit the corner of his net and ultimate glory vanished.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 荣誉
Japanese: 栄誉
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