sacred

英['seɪkrɪd] 美['seɪkrɪd]
  • adj. 神圣的;受尊重的
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  • saccade n.急速勒马;眼睛飞快扫视
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 神的,神圣的,宗教的,上帝的
    2. 神圣不可侵犯的
    3. 庄严的,郑重的
    4. 祭祀的,奉献给...的,供献给...的
    5. 专供...用的
    6. 受尊重的,受崇敬的
    7. 被崇为神物的
    n. (名词)
    1. 宗教仪式,祭祀仪式
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 宗教的;神圣的 connected with religion;holy
    2. 受崇敬的;不可冒犯的 regarded with great respect or reverence

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. concerned with religion or religious purposes;

    "sacred texts"
    "sacred rites"
    "sacred music"

  2. worthy of respect or dedication;

    "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling"

  3. made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use;

    "a consecrated church"
    "the sacred mosque"
    "sacred elephants"
    "sacred bread and wine"
    "sanctified wine"

  4. worthy of religious veneration;

    "the sacred name of Jesus"
    "Jerusalem's hallowed soil"

  5. (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person;

    "a fund sacred to charity"
    "a morning hour sacred to study"
    "a private office sacred to the President"

1. The couple hold the unfashionable view that marriage is a sacred union.
夫妇俩对婚姻的看法很传统,认为婚姻是神圣的结合。

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2. The owl is sacred for many Californian Indian people.
对于很多加利福尼亚的印第安人而言,猫头鹰是圣物。

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3. 300 civilians are believed to have been mas-sacred by the rebels.
据信有300位平民被叛乱分子残杀。

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4. The eagle is the animal most sacred to the Native Americans.
对印第安人来说,鹰是最神圣的动物。

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5. He went south to climb Taishan, a mountain sacred to the Chinese.
他南下去爬泰山了,那是中国人心目中一座神圣的山。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. In India the cow is a sacred animal.
      在印度,牛是神圣的动物。
    2. We use them to protect our sacred grounds.
      我们使用它们来保卫我们神圣的土地。
    3. Nothing is sacred to these wild youths.
      这些狂野的年轻人什么都不尊重。
    4. This area was hallowed by sacred memories.
      这个地区由于宗教上的纪念意义而被视为圣地。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. A church is a sacred building.
      教堂是神圣的建筑物。
    用作表语 S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
    1. In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes.
      非洲许多部落仍把蛇尊为圣物。
sacred,divine,holy
  • 这些形容词均含“神圣的”之意。
  • sacred指由于是献给上帝或神的事物,因而是神圣的,不容亵渎;也指被普遍视为神圣不可侵犯的东西。
  • divine指来源于神或神有关,侧重神性;在现代英语中指绝妙或非人世所有的事物。
  • holy可与sacred换用,但holy侧重于内含一种神圣的本质,使之值得崇拜,通常具有传统、世袭或固有的性质。