朝圣

The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.

这处圣地是圣的目的地。

There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage.

圣期间有禁令禁止举行政治抗议活动。

He was on his annual pilgrimage to Mecca when he fell ill.

他在一年一度前往麦加圣的途中病倒了。

A petty pharmaceutic firm conducted a pilot scheme among pilgrims with piercing eyes.

一个小制药公司在那些观察力敏的圣者当中进行了一个试验性的计划。

Possibly the point here is not the sheer quantity but the inner attitude of the Pilgrim: the starets wishes to test his obedience and readiness to fulfil an appointed task without deviation.

也许关键不在于确定的数目，而于圣者内心的态度——长老希望以此试验他的服从，看他是无偏差地完成长老所要他做的。