英 [əˌpɒθiˈəʊsɪs] 美 [əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsɪs]
n. 神化；崇拜，颂扬；尊奉为神
复数apotheoses
apotheosis /əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs/
单数型名词 If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it. 理想; 典范
The Oriental in Bangkok is the apotheosis of the grand hotel.
曼谷的东方酒店是大饭店的典范。
单数型名词 If you describe an event or a time as someone's apotheosis, you mean that it was the high point in their career or their life. (职业或生活的)顶峰
That night was Richard's apotheosis.
那个夜晚是理查德生活的顶峰。
the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
同义词： deification / exaltation
神化-引用次数：4
参考来源唐诗中的鱼文化研究
神异化-引用次数：2
参考来源从简单到复杂 从纪实到虚构
神圣化-引用次数：1
神化-引用次数：5
参考来源虎吉祥艺术研究及其设计应用
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70年出版了著名诗集《葡萄柚》（Grapefruit），同年执导电影《羽化登仙》（Apotheosis）和《飞翔》（Fly），作为先锋派电影的代表作入选法国戛纳电影节参赛。
apotheosize 神化；尊崇为神
神化；崇拜，颂扬；尊奉为神
praise / worship / celebration
The Oriental in Bangkok is the apotheosis of the grand hotel.
曼谷的东方酒店是大饭店的典范。
That night was Richard's apotheosis.
那个夜晚是理查德生活的顶峰。
So complete is van Gogh's global apotheosis that Japanese tourists now make pilgrimages to Auvers to sprinkle their relatives' ashes on his grave.
梵高的全球神化是如此彻底，以至于日本游客现在都要去奥维尔朝圣，把他们亲属的骨灰洒在他的坟墓上。
Apotheosis means being raised to the level of an ideal or a god."
VOA : special.2010.01.27
"We're in the Rotunda, right in the center of the United States Capitol, and starting from the top down, the very top is the fresco painting called the "Apotheosis of Washington".
VOA : special.2010.01.27
So now we have the full saga of our hero, from childhood trauma to grand apotheosis.
Here in this cool, traditionally tiled interior, the pastel de nata reaches its apotheosis.
But now, the Obama campaign has created what may be the perfect Kafkaesque apotheosis of over-caution.
美化，神化，将凡人神格化，将一般人尊奉为神圣的天神等等。