ordain

英[ɔː'deɪn] 美[ɔːr'deɪn]
  • vt. 任命;授以圣职;命令;注定
  • vi. 颁发命令
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星级词汇:
  • ordain vt.任命;授以圣职;命令;注定vi.颁发命令
Verb:
  1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree;

    "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
    "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

  2. appoint to a clerical posts;

    "he was ordained in the Church"

  3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority;

    "The minister was ordained only last month"

  4. issue an order

1. He ordained his own priests, and threatened to ordain bishops.
他自行任命了牧师,还扬言要任命主教。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The recession may already be severe enough to ordain structural change.
这次经济衰退可能已经严重到必须进行体制变革的地步了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The church's ruling body voted to ordain women as priests.
该教会的管理机构投票通过接纳女性为牧师。

来自辞典例句

4. Does Joel 2:28 permit us ordain women preachers?
约珥书2:28允许我们任命女传道 吗 ?

来自互联网

    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. He was an ordained priest.
      他被委任为牧师。
    2. She was ordained the first woman priest of her church.
      她被委任为她教会的第一位女牧师。
    3. The emperor ordained that all foreigners be expelled.
      皇帝下令将所有外国人驱逐出境。
    4. The judge ordained that he should pay the debts.
      法院判决由他偿还债务。
    5. Fate had ordained that he should die in poverty.
      命中注定他得死于贫困。