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.

他在一年一度前往麦加朝圣的途中病倒了。

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朝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，而于朝圣者内心的态度——希望以此试验他的服从，看他是否能毫无偏差地完成所要他做的。