朝圣

The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.

这处圣地是人们朝圣目地。

There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage.

朝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.

他在年度前往麦加朝圣途中病。

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

个小制药公司在那些观察力敏朝圣者当中进行个试验划。

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数目，而于朝圣者内心态度——长老希望以此试验他服从，看他是否能毫无偏差地完成长老所要他做。