demigod

英 [ˈdemiɡɒd]

美 [ˈdemiɡɑːd]

n.  次神; 半神半人; 尊为神明的统治者; 被神化的人物

复数：demigods　

BNC.48607 / COCA.28714

牛津词典

noun

• 次神；半神半人
  a minor god, or a being that is partly a god and partly human
• 尊为神明的统治者；被神化的人物
  a ruler or other person who is treated like a god

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.

英英释义

noun

• a person who is part mortal and part god
  Synonym:daemon
• a person with great powers and abilities
  Synonym:supermanUbermensch

双语例句

• Priesthoods based on the worship of a demigod are extremely rare.
  崇拜半神的神职人员也是十分的稀有。
• Rumors among the night elves suggest Alexstrasza and the demigod Cenarius were close friends, and that it was he that called her during the first invasion of the Burning Legion.
  在暗夜精灵的传说中，阿莱克斯塔萨与半神塞纳留斯是非常亲密的朋友，在燃烧军团第一次入侵的过程中，正是塞纳留斯召唤她参战的。
• The enchanted Keepers are the favored sons of the demigod Cenarius.
  从林守护者是半神塞纳留斯的儿子们。
• He once bemoaned his image as a demigod.
  他曾经为自己半人半神的形象哀叹。
• A demigod is the offspring of a god and a mortal.
  半神半人是神只与凡人所生的后代。
• People worship this guy like he's a demigod.
  众人把他当半个神来崇拜。
• The three night elves decided that it would be an exciting adventure to search for Cenarius, though in truth they no more believed in the demigod than the rest of their people did.
  这3个暗夜精灵决定寻找塞纳留斯必然是一场刺激的冒险，尽管实际上他们并不比他们其他的族人更相信这个半神。
• Instead of standing up to threats, they kneel to the powerful as if before a demigod.
  他们不是为迎战威胁，而是像强权下跪，就像面对半神一样。
• What is he, then? Does that make him a demigod?
  那他是什么？算半神半人吗？
• The purpose was dear, to deny Arian ism and to assert that, in spite of the intellectual difficulties involved, Jesus was not a creature or a demigod but god.
  目的很清楚，尽管有理智上的问题，但否认的是阿里乌主义，主张的是耶稣不是创造物或半神，而是神。