6PHRASE 一举成名 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. 一举成名
I am never going back to prison. I am going to make national news headlines and go out in a blaze of glory.
我将永远告别监狱,我会成为全国报纸的头条新闻,从此扬名天下。
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 comeWilliam 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.
1fame/honour名聲;榮譽ADJECTIVE | VERB + GLORY | GLORY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤personal個人榮譽◇They are driven by a craving for personal glory.對個人榮譽的渴望是他們奮鬥的動力。➤reflected得自他人的榮耀◇She basked in the reflected glory of her daughter's success.她享受着女兒的成功所帶給她的榮耀。➤greater更大的榮耀◇The force behind all his reforms was the greater glory of the state.他推行的所有改革背後的動力就是使國家能夠更加繁榮昌盛。➤military戰功◇young soldiers eager to win military glory一心想建立戰功的年輕士兵VERB + GLORY➤cover yourself in, cover yourself with, get, win獲得榮譽;贏得榮耀◇He covered himself in glory and came home a rich man.他滿載榮譽,衣錦還鄉。◇Typical! I do all the work and she gets all the glory. (informal) 一點兒也不稀奇!工作都是我做,榮譽都是她的。➤bring (sb)帶給(某人)榮譽◇Victory brought them glory, fame and riches.勝利帶給他們榮譽、聲望和財富。➤bask in享受榮譽▸➤steal, take意外贏得榮譽;獲得榮譽◇I didn't want to steal her glory, so I stayed in the background.我不想搶她的榮譽,所以我待在幕後。GLORY + NOUN➤days光輝歲月◇Quarterman's glory days are long behind him.夸特曼的輝煌歲月已一去不復返了。◇We remember the team's glory days in the 1960s, when they won the World Cup.我們仍然記得這支球隊在 20 世紀 60 年代贏得世界杯時的輝煌歲月。PREPOSITION➤for the glory of, to the glory of為了⋯的榮譽◇They built many churches, great and small, to the glory of God.他們建了大大小小許多教堂來敬拜上帝。PHRASES➤a blaze of glory榮耀◇It's my last ever tournament and I hope to go out in a blaze of glory!這是我最後一次參加錦標賽,希望能載譽而歸!➤sb's moment of glory某人的輝煌時刻◇His moment of glory came when he won the Olympic downhill skiing event.贏得奧運會速降滑雪賽的那一刻是他最輝煌的時刻。glory
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2beauty/beautiful feature美麗之處ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤full全部的光彩◇You cannot appreciate the bridge's full glory by going over it; it is best viewed from below.從橋上走過並不能完全領略這座橋的丰采,從橋下看才是最好的觀察角度。➤crowning最壯觀之處◇The city's crowning glory is its Gothic cathedral.這座城市最壯觀之處是其哥特式的主教座堂。PHRASES➤in all her, his, etc. glory在她、他等的全盛期◇Seeing the Rockies in all their glory was an awesome experience.觀賞落基山脈的盛景是很棒的體驗。➤restore sth to its former glory使⋯恢復昔日的風採◇The 18th-century building has been restored to its former glory.這幢 18 世紀的建築物修復後又恢復了昔日的丰采。