朝圣

There was a ban on political protests during the pilgrimage.

期间有禁令禁止举行政治抗议活动。

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锐的者当中进行一个试验性的计划。

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

他在一年一度前往麦的中。

The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.

这处地是人们的目的地。

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。