an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
the goal towards which Christians strive
双语例句
用作名词 (n.)
There is no longer the land of milk and honey. 不再有富饶的乐土。
Like Moses, Mr Bush can still point the way towards the Promised Land, even if it falls to another to finish the job. 就像摩西，布什先生也能指出通向乐土的道路，即使要有另外一个人来完成这项工作。
The pure land of buddha was actually a good place on earth. 名是佛国净土，实是人间福地。
ANNA lived in the promised land preceding and just following the entrance of the Prince of Peace into the earth. 安娜生活在希望之乡之前和和平王子来到地球之后的时期内。
But at any rate they did not succeed in conquering any more than the hilly backgrounds of the promised land. 但是不管怎么说，他们成功征服的地方仅仅局限于所谓的希望之乡的偏僻山地。
用作名词 (n.)
This sounds like the Israeli who left Egypt going to Canaan which is the Promised Land. 这就象离开埃及前往迦南应许之地的以色列人一样。
