英语单词 | saint |
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英美音标 | 英 [seɪnt] 美 [seɪnt] |
中文释义 | n.圣人;圣徒 vt.把 ... 封为圣人 |
英语例句 | (1) They named their child after the saint. (2) Only a saint can put up with her children. (3) After he died, the Church declared him a saint. (4) Nature to a saint is sacramental. (5) Confucian doctrine exerted a profound influence on later ages, so Confucius is addressed respectfully as a saint. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们用圣人的名字来给他们的孩子命名. (2) 只有圣人才能容忍她的孩子们。 (3) 在他去世之后,他生前所在的教堂宣布他为圣徒。 (4) 对一个圣徒来说,自然是神圣的。 (5) 孔子的儒家学说对后世影响深远,因而他被世人尊为圣人。 |
vocabulary简明 | A saint is a person who is very holy — or just very good. If you gave all your money away to charity, some people might consider you a saint. |
vocabulary扩展 | Saint can refer to a person who is officially recognized as holy within a particular faith or religion. However, any person who is considered deeply religious or especially generous could be called a saint. You might say that someone is a saint if they go to religious services every day, or if they spend a lot of time volunteering at a school or at a hospital. |
柯林斯解释 | The title is usually pronounced /sənt/. 用作头衔时通常读作 /sənt/。 1 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE 可数名词;头衔名词](基督教正式追封的)圣徒,圣人 A saint is someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]至善的人;极有耐心的人;道德高尚的人;圣人般的人 If you refer to a living person as a saint, you mean that they are extremely kind, patient, and unselfish. [approval]
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