朝圣

The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.

这处地是人们的目的地。

There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage.

期间有禁令禁止举行政治抗议活。

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

一年一度前往麦加的途中病倒了。

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

一个小制药公司那些观察力敏的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.

也许关键不确定的数目，而者内心的态度——长老希望以此试验的服从，看是否能毫无偏差地完成长老所要做的。