sacred
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英['seɪkrɪd]
|美['sekrɪd]
adj.宗教的;神圣的;受崇敬的,值得崇敬的;有宗教性质的
日语:神聖
法语:sacré
德语:heilig
韩语:신성한
俄语:sagrado
牛津词典
adj.
- 上帝的;神的;神圣的
connected with God or a god; considered to be holy
- a sacred image/shrine/temple
圣像 / 地 / 殿 - sacred music
圣乐 - Cows are sacred to Hindus.
印度教徒把牛奉为圣物。
- 受尊重的;受崇敬的
very important and treated with great respect
- Human life must always be sacred.
人的生命在任何时候都必须得到尊重。 - For journalists nothing is sacred (= they can write about anything) .
在记者眼里,没有什么是不可冒犯的。
中文词源
sacred 神圣的
sacra-,神圣的,-ed,形容词后缀。
双语例句
- 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。
- He had defiled the sacred name of the Holy Prophet.
他亵渎了这位神圣先知的圣名。
- I have watched the potters mold, fire and paint their bowls, plates and vases with sacred designs.
我见过制陶工人捏塑、烧制碗碟花瓶,并在上面涂绘各种宗教图案。
- This memorial stands on sacred ground.
这块纪念碑屹立于圣地之上。
- 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。
- My memories are sacred
我的记忆不容亵渎。
- He said the unity of the country was sacred.
他说国家的统一神圣不可侵犯。
- A sacred site might be a mountain that is of some significance to a tribe.
对一个部落有重大意义的一座山峰可能就是一处圣地。
- 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。
- 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。
- He left them as sacred heirlooms to his children.
他把它们作为神圣的传家宝留给了孩子们。
- Some sacred inspiration perhaps had come to him.
也许他得到了某种神的启示。
- It is sacred in popular belief.
它被民众认为是神圣的。
- Our territory is sacred and inviolable.
我国领土神圣不可侵犯。
- A church is a sacred building.
教堂是神圣的建筑物。
- In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes.
非洲许多部落仍把蛇尊为圣物。
- The parish church itself retain~ the mysterious quality of an ancient sacred place.
那教区教堂本身保留了古代圣地的神秘性。
- This is a sacred place.
这是一个神圣的地方。
- You have seen icons with the sacred heart flame.
你在内心看到了这神圣的心之火焰的图案。
- Fire was sacred to the gods.
火对诸神而言是神圣的。
- Then the sacred part of you joins me and we have a celebration.
然后你神圣的部分加入我,而我们有一个庆祝活动。
- And speaking of family, have you decided to bless our sacred union?
说到家庭,你决定祝福我们神圣的结合了吗?
- Learning the secrets of this sacred tomb.
了解了这个神圣古墓的秘密。
- Every sacred symbol-linked to the gods-had a scientific as well as an esoteric purpose.
每一个神圣的符号-联接到神-有了一个科学和一个秘教的目的。
- Jerusalem is sacred to christians, muslims, and jews.
耶路撒冷对基督徒、穆斯林和犹太人来说都是神圣的。
- To sacred Sparta, a king. Our king!
回到了神圣的斯巴达,成为了王,我们的王!
- He has violated one of the profession's most sacred rules.
他触犯了该职业最神圣的规则之一。
- Jerusalem is sacred to all Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
耶路撒冷对所有的基督教徒、犹太教徒和穆斯林都是神圣的。
- Our world view has become debased we no longer have a sense of the sacred.
我们的世界观堕落了。我们不再有神圣感了。
- I like the sincerity of this religious devotion and respect this solemn and sacred belief.
我喜欢宗教情感的虔诚和真挚,并为如此庄严、神圣的信仰而心存崇敬。
语源
late Middle English: past participle of archaic sacreconsecrate, from Old French sacrer, from Latin sacrare, from sacer, sacr-holy