The steps had been worn away by the feet of thousands of pilgrims.
成千上万的朝圣者把台阶踏得磨损了。
《牛津词典》
This is where pilgrims to the abbey would pay their first devotions.
这儿就是来此修道院的朝圣者做第一次祈祷的地方。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Religions spawned pilgrims or settlers; wars drove refugees before them and made new land available for the conquerors; political upheavals displaced thousands or millions.