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Enshrine Constitution Special Holy Shrine Protected Enshrined D

英语单词 enshrine
英美音标 英 [ɪn'ʃraɪn] 美 [ɪn'ʃraɪn]
中文释义 v.奉为神圣;珍藏
英语例句 (1) The constitution enshrines the basic rights of all citizens.
(2) National parks enshrine important American values and aspirations.
中文例句 (1) 宪法中神圣地记载著全体公民的基本权利。
(2) 国家公园体现着美国重要的价值观与理想。
vocabulary简明 If your mother enshrines your first drawing, she might frame it and hang it in a special place, as if it were a holy relic. To enshrine is to put something special, often religious, into a protective place.
vocabulary扩展 A shrine is a place considered holy because something special happened there or a case that holds sacred items. Places where people have claimed to see Jesus sometimes become shines. When you enshrine something, it means you are creating a shrine around it, or you are giving it its own protected revered space. This can be literal or figurative. At a funeral, the minister might say that the deceased will forever be enshrined in the memories of those who loved him or her.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]视…为神圣;珍藏;使…神圣不可侵犯 If something such as an idea or a right is enshrined in something such as a constitution or law, it is protected by it.
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  [V n prep]
  • His new relationship with Germany is enshrined in a new non-aggression treaty...

    他与德国的新关系受新的互不侵犯条约的保护。

  • The apartheid system which enshrined racism in law still existed.

    以法律保护种族主义的种族隔离制度依旧存在。

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