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adjective əˈɡeɪpəˈɡeɪp predicative (of a person's mouth) wide open in surprise or wonder. （尤指人因为吃惊、惊奇而）目瞪口呆的 Downes listened, mouth agape with incredulity Example sentencesExamples - When fishermen are throwing away unused bait, the pelicans will descend in noisy throngs and are very adept at catching fish morsels in mid air, mouths agape as they squawk for more!
- Nero's mouth is slightly agape and odd, gurgling noises come from within.
- In a sudden burst she sat down and gazed at the teacher whose mouth was now agape with shock.
- The audience sat in a stunned silence, their mouths agape at Cohen's audacity.
- At his slightly overwhelmed expression and agape jaw, she snorted bitterly.
- The startled crew around us, unaccustomed to hearing a sociopolitical argument in the disco at 1 A.M., looked on with mouths agape.
- It may be brilliant political jujitsu - conceding the opposition's most damning point leaves them with mouths agape and little to say - or it may be nuts.
- With my mouth agape I shook her hand, dumbfounded.
- Three years ago when this Japanese company made its first Montreal appearance, they bowled everyone over and left them with mouths agape, wanting more.
- Relena and Tamika stared at Lynn, mouths agape.
- And they both just stood here with their mouths agape and wondering what had made the bucket spin like that.
- The onlookers are painted in muddy greens and browns, facial features exaggerated into primitive masks, mouths agape or obliterated altogether.
- The cast members in the wings looked on with mouths agape, but the two on the stage didn't notice, caught up in the sadness and regret an impossible love could provoke.
- So you've got to get an enormous charge out of watching the audience with their mouths agape.
- Even old Washington hands sometimes find themselves with their mouths agape at the brazenness of the latest corporate innovation in ripping off the public.
- Then the herd picked up and moved on, leaving us bundled up against the cold, our mouths agape, wondering if what we witnessed was real or some sort of illusion in the arctic fog.
- They stared at each other, mouths agape and speechless.
- Her older sisters stand with their mouths agape.
- Some just stood there, their mouths agape, stunned by what the old woman had just said.
- We followed him into the house, trying not to look too much like tourists with our mouths agape.
Synonyms amazed, filled with astonishment, filled with amazement, astounded, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, thunderstruck, aghast, taken aback, confounded, dumbfounded, stupefied, dazed, nonplussed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, lost for words, wide-eyed, awed, filled with awe, filled with wonder, awestruck, wonderstruck
OriginMid 17th century: from a-2 'on' + gape. noun ˈaɡəpi mass nounTheology 1Christian love, as distinct from erotic love or simple affection. 〔基督教神学〕（尤指区别于性爱或普通爱恋的）基督之爱 Example sentencesExamples - God gives you agape love - deep, unconditional, fatherly love.
- Here there are many good examples of agape friendship.
- Grant's book is a highly nuanced examination of much of the literature on altruism and agape, while also giving some attention to recent considerations of eros and philia.
- Lewis Ayres says that the distinction between eros and agape does not work for Augustine.
- The kind of love I believe they mean is this agape, unconditional love.
- Christ is agape; self - giving, nonresistant love.
- Delectio is the Latin word for agape in the Bible, it is a love which honours the other person; it is the love which we are enjoined to love the other person.
- But agape is love without any thought of reward or benefit.
- Jesus' new commandment is that his followers practice love, agape.
- Thus at least some form of agape is possible independent of Christian faith and hope.
- At the center stands an unapologetic Christian account of agape.
- The love of God is non-possessive eros; the love of man pure agape; the love of God is passion; the love of man, compassion.
- Too many craved spiritual gifts and wanted to use them without having agape as their end or aim.
- The ancient Greeks made the distinction between eros and agape.
- In other words, such love is still within the province of Eros, whereas, much like Spinoza's third kind of knowledge, agape is intellectual love.
- Desire is frightening to Christians who are used to saying that only agape - unconditional, self-emptying love - is truly Christian.
- Christians are urged to practice agape: love not as sexual desire, not as a devotion to something transcendent, not as friendship, but as charity.
- If we work in this way, we offer the possibility that our research will include our own formation of agape, or love for the ‘other.’
- Whereas among the Greeks the primary virtues were practical wisdom, self-restraint, justice and courage, for Paul the primary virtue was agape.
- I know, for example, that in Greek there are three words for love: agape, philia, and eros.
- 1.1count noun A communal meal held in Christian fellowship.
Example sentencesExamples - This ritual blessing of bread and wine was usually performed within the context of a meal called the agape.
- The agape did not take the place of an ordinary meal as do the modern church suppers at which people eat to satisfy hunger.
- What a privilege to break the fast with an agape meal a love feast!
- There were songs sang to emphasise the sad mood, then we journeyed on to my grandfather's house for the agape, which is a funeral luncheon.
- It is an agape feast in the sense that God's love is shared, not only among the participants but also with those who eat and drink and those who are hungry in the world.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Greek agapē 'brotherly love'. adjectiveəˈɡeɪpəˈɡāp predicative (of the mouth) wide open, especially with surprise or wonder. （尤指人因为吃惊、惊奇而）目瞪口呆的 Downes listened, mouth agape with incredulity Example sentencesExamples - When fishermen are throwing away unused bait, the pelicans will descend in noisy throngs and are very adept at catching fish morsels in mid air, mouths agape as they squawk for more!
- Her older sisters stand with their mouths agape.
- And they both just stood here with their mouths agape and wondering what had made the bucket spin like that.
- In a sudden burst she sat down and gazed at the teacher whose mouth was now agape with shock.
- Nero's mouth is slightly agape and odd, gurgling noises come from within.
- With my mouth agape I shook her hand, dumbfounded.
- It may be brilliant political jujitsu - conceding the opposition's most damning point leaves them with mouths agape and little to say - or it may be nuts.
- Some just stood there, their mouths agape, stunned by what the old woman had just said.
- At his slightly overwhelmed expression and agape jaw, she snorted bitterly.
- The startled crew around us, unaccustomed to hearing a sociopolitical argument in the disco at 1 A.M., looked on with mouths agape.
- We followed him into the house, trying not to look too much like tourists with our mouths agape.
- The audience sat in a stunned silence, their mouths agape at Cohen's audacity.
- They stared at each other, mouths agape and speechless.
- Relena and Tamika stared at Lynn, mouths agape.
- Even old Washington hands sometimes find themselves with their mouths agape at the brazenness of the latest corporate innovation in ripping off the public.
- The onlookers are painted in muddy greens and browns, facial features exaggerated into primitive masks, mouths agape or obliterated altogether.
- The cast members in the wings looked on with mouths agape, but the two on the stage didn't notice, caught up in the sadness and regret an impossible love could provoke.
- So you've got to get an enormous charge out of watching the audience with their mouths agape.
- Then the herd picked up and moved on, leaving us bundled up against the cold, our mouths agape, wondering if what we witnessed was real or some sort of illusion in the arctic fog.
- Three years ago when this Japanese company made its first Montreal appearance, they bowled everyone over and left them with mouths agape, wanting more.
Synonyms amazed, filled with astonishment, filled with amazement, astounded, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, thunderstruck, aghast, taken aback, confounded, dumbfounded, stupefied, dazed, nonplussed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, lost for words, wide-eyed, awed, filled with awe, filled with wonder, awestruck, wonderstruck
OriginMid 17th century: from a- ‘on’ + gape. noun Theology 1Christian love, especially as distinct from erotic love or emotional affection. 〔基督教神学〕（尤指区别于性爱或普通爱恋的）基督之爱 Example sentencesExamples - In other words, such love is still within the province of Eros, whereas, much like Spinoza's third kind of knowledge, agape is intellectual love.
- Whereas among the Greeks the primary virtues were practical wisdom, self-restraint, justice and courage, for Paul the primary virtue was agape.
- If we work in this way, we offer the possibility that our research will include our own formation of agape, or love for the ‘other.’
- Delectio is the Latin word for agape in the Bible, it is a love which honours the other person; it is the love which we are enjoined to love the other person.
- Desire is frightening to Christians who are used to saying that only agape - unconditional, self-emptying love - is truly Christian.
- Too many craved spiritual gifts and wanted to use them without having agape as their end or aim.
- But agape is love without any thought of reward or benefit.
- Lewis Ayres says that the distinction between eros and agape does not work for Augustine.
- Grant's book is a highly nuanced examination of much of the literature on altruism and agape, while also giving some attention to recent considerations of eros and philia.
- God gives you agape love - deep, unconditional, fatherly love.
- Thus at least some form of agape is possible independent of Christian faith and hope.
- Christians are urged to practice agape: love not as sexual desire, not as a devotion to something transcendent, not as friendship, but as charity.
- Jesus' new commandment is that his followers practice love, agape.
- I know, for example, that in Greek there are three words for love: agape, philia, and eros.
- Christ is agape; self - giving, nonresistant love.
- The ancient Greeks made the distinction between eros and agape.
- The love of God is non-possessive eros; the love of man pure agape; the love of God is passion; the love of man, compassion.
- At the center stands an unapologetic Christian account of agape.
- The kind of love I believe they mean is this agape, unconditional love.
- Here there are many good examples of agape friendship.
- 1.1 A communal meal in token of Christian fellowship, as held by early Christians in commemoration of the Last Supper.
（早期基督教徒用于纪念最后晚餐并且代表基督徒兄弟情谊的）爱筵 Example sentencesExamples - What a privilege to break the fast with an agape meal a love feast!
- There were songs sang to emphasise the sad mood, then we journeyed on to my grandfather's house for the agape, which is a funeral luncheon.
- This ritual blessing of bread and wine was usually performed within the context of a meal called the agape.
- It is an agape feast in the sense that God's love is shared, not only among the participants but also with those who eat and drink and those who are hungry in the world.
- The agape did not take the place of an ordinary meal as do the modern church suppers at which people eat to satisfy hunger.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Greek agapē ‘brotherly love’. |