单词 | sanctify |
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音标 | ['sæŋktifai] |
解释 | v.使神圣 |
红宝书 | 【考】 反义词: desecrate(亵渎) |
字源 | sanctify (v.) late 14c., seintefie "to consecrate," from Old French saintefier "sanctify" (12c., Modern French sanctifier), from Late Latin sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Form altered in English c.1400 to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from c.1400; transferred sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from c.1600. Related: Sanctified; sanctifying. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 使神圣 = consecrate 【记】sanct神圣, ify: 神圣化 【参】sanctuary(n 避难所; 圣所) 【反】desecrate(v 亵渎) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源自saint及sacred |
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