demigods

英 [ˈdɛmɪgɒdz]

美

n.  次神; 半神半人; 尊为神明的统治者; 被神化的人物
demigod的复数

柯林斯词典

• (神话中的)次神;(尤指)半神半人
  In mythology, ademigodis a less important god, especially one who is half god and half human.
• 被神化的人，像神一样受人崇拜的人(如政治家、作家、音乐家等)
  If you describe a famous or important person such as a politician, writer, or musician as ademigod, you mean that you disapprove of the way in which people admire them and treat them like a god.

双语例句

• What he heard was no longer the philosophy of the dry, printed word, written by half-mythical demigods like Kant and Spencer.
  他所听见的东西不再是出自康德或斯宾塞这种神秘的仙灵笔下，不再是书本上的枯燥的哲学文字，而是奔流着鲜红的热血的活生生的哲学。
• Typically they deal with the activities of gods and demigods, the creation of the world and its inhabitants, and the origins of religious rituals.
  具有典型意义的是，它们总是讲述创造世界与人类的神和半神的活动以及宗教礼仪的起源。
• Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods;
  崇拜半神人的，便投生半神人中；
• Few demigods have temples built in their honor.
  只有少数的半神拥有显示其荣耀的神殿。
• Nevertheless, unlike gods, most demigods have never been the objects of worship.
  然而与神不同的是，大多数半神从来没有被当作膜拜的对象。
• Six realms of existence are identified in buddhism: gods, demigods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hells.
  佛教提出六道：天道、阿修罗道、人道、畜牲道、饿鬼道和地狱道。
• At intervals a couple would approach the doorway for air, and the haze no longer veiling their features, the demigods resolved themselves into the homely personalities of her own next door neighbours.
  跳舞间歇时，一对舞伴就会走到门口，呼吸几口新鲜空气，那时候烟尘从他们四周消散了，那些半人半仙的人物也就变成了她隔壁邻居中的普通人物了。
• We have broken the mental shackles forged by Lin Biao and the Gang of Four and have insisted that leaders should be regarded as human beings, not demigods.
  我们破除了林彪和四人帮所制造的精神枷锁，坚持领袖是人不是神；
• The demigods had agreed to fight under Jarod's direction.
  塞纳留斯同意在迦洛德指挥下作战。
• Demigods in Warcraft are immortal, but they are neither omniscient nor omnipotent.
  半神在魔兽世界里属于不朽种族，但他们既非无所不知也非无所不能。