with the mouth open, especially showing surprise or shock
We watched, our mouths agape in excitement.我们看着,兴奋得张大了嘴。
agape
noun[ U ]religionspecializeduk/ˈæɡ.ə.pi//ˈæɡ.ə.peɪ/us/ɑːˈɡɑː.peɪ//ˈɑː.ɡə.peɪ/
(尤指基督教的)圣爱,无条件的爱
a type of love that is not sexual and is not concerned with yourself; used especially in Christianity to refer to Christian love
Agape is a giving love, entirely unselfish.基督教的圣爱是一种完全无私的给予之爱。
A central lesson of The Marriage Of Figaro is that eros can mature into agape, sexual attraction into mature love.《费加罗的婚礼》的一个核心教训是,爱欲可以成熟为无条件的爱,性吸引力可以成长为成熟的爱。
Compare: Eros
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The Greeks separated various facets of love, and those involved in marriage are eros, philia and agape.
The word that best describes this kind of love is not “eros", not “agape", but yet another Greek word, “philia", which means “love between friends".
God gives you agape - deep, unconditional, fatherly love.