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anathema n.被诅咒的人；宗教意义的诅咒 anathema (n.) 1520s, "an accursed thing," from Latin anathema "an excommunicated person; the curse of excommunication," from Greek anathema "a thing accursed," originally "a thing devoted," literally "a thing set up (to the gods)," from ana- "up" (see ana-) + tithenai "to put, place" (see theme).Originally simply a votive offering, by the time it reached Latin the meaning had progressed through "thing devoted to evil," to "thing accursed or damned." Later applied to persons and the Divine Curse. Meaning "formal act or formula of consigning to damnation" is from 1610s.Anathema maranatha, taken as an intensified form, is a misreading of the Syriac maran etha "the Lord hath come," which follows anathema in I Cor. xvi:22, but is not connected with it (see Maranatha). 【记】ana-反 + the 神 + ma 音：骂→用神的话语来骂→神的诅咒

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[ə'næθimə] 【英】 n. 诅咒(a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation)【考】 anathema : curse / theocracy : state(anathema是神的诅咒 /theocracy是神权政 权)反义词：panegyric( 颂词)【记】 联想记忆：ana-them- a，骂他们啊→诅咒【例】 Taxes are anathema to the people of this district. n. 诅咒(一种宗教上的强烈的谴责); 诅咒之词 = commination = imprecation = malediction = malison【记】1)原指: 逐出教门(正式的宗教禁令、诅咒或逐出教门)2)ana错, them他们, a啊－他们错了啊－所以要诅咒他们3)ana反对, the神, ma妈: 反对神的妈妈就会受到－诅咒【类】anathema: curse = theocracy: stateanathema是神的诅咒 = theocracy是神权政权(范畴一致)【反】panegyric(n 颂词); blessing(n 祝福)

单词	anathema
音标	[ə'næθimə]
解释	n.被诅咒的人；宗教意义的诅咒
红宝书	【英】 n. 诅咒(a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation) 【考】 anathema : curse / theocracy : state(anathema是神的诅咒 /theocracy是神权政权)反义词：panegyric( 颂词) 【记】联想记忆：ana-them- a，骂他们啊→诅咒【例】 Taxes are anathema to the people of this district.
字源	anathema (n.) 1520s, "an accursed thing," from Latin anathema "an excommunicated person; the curse of excommunication," from Greek anathema "a thing accursed," originally "a thing devoted," literally "a thing set up (to the gods)," from ana- "up" (see ana-) + tithenai "to put, place" (see theme). Originally simply a votive offering, by the time it reached Latin the meaning had progressed through "thing devoted to evil," to "thing accursed or damned." Later applied to persons and the Divine Curse. Meaning "formal act or formula of consigning to damnation" is from 1610s. Anathema maranatha, taken as an intensified form, is a misreading of the Syriac maran etha "the Lord hath come," which follows anathema in I Cor. xvi:22, but is not connected with it (see Maranatha).
不择手段背单词	n. 诅咒(一种宗教上的强烈的谴责); 诅咒之词 = commination = imprecation = malediction = malison 【记】1)原指: 逐出教门(正式的宗教禁令、诅咒或逐出教门)2)ana错, them他们, a啊－他们错了啊－所以要诅咒他们3)ana反对, the神, ma妈: 反对神的妈妈就会受到－诅咒【类】anathema: curse = theocracy: stateanathema是神的诅咒 = theocracy是神权政权(范畴一致) 【反】panegyric(n 颂词); blessing(n 祝福)
趣味全助记	【记】ana-反 + the 神 + ma 音：骂→用神的话语来骂→神的诅咒

Anathema Curse Thing N Accursed Latin Originally Meaning