朝圣

The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.

这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。

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.

他一年一度前往麦加朝圣的途病倒了。

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

一个小制药公司观察力敏的朝圣者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.

也许关键不于确定的数目，而于朝圣者内心的态度——长老希望以此试验他的服从，看他是否能毫无偏差地完成长老所要他做的。