sanctify
英 [ˈsæŋktɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈsæŋktɪfaɪ]
v. 使神圣化; 使正当化; 使合法化; 批准; 认可
过去式：sanctified 过去分词：sanctified 现在分词：sanctifying 第三人称单数：sanctifies
BNC.21181 / COCA.20602
牛津词典
verb
- 使神圣化
to make sth holy - 使正当化；使合法化；批准；认可
to make sth seem right or legal; to give official approval to sth- This was a practice sanctified by tradition.
这是一种合乎传统的做法。
- This was a practice sanctified by tradition.
柯林斯词典
- VERB (牧师、神职人员)认可，批准，使神圣化
If somethingis sanctifiedby a priest or other holy person, the priest or holy person officially approves of it, or declares it to be holy.- She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified.
她正努力弥补自己那段未受牧师认可的婚姻。
- She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified.
- VERB 批准;认可;使受尊敬;使固定不变
If an organization or eventsanctifiessomething, it makes it approved of and respected, or unable to be changed.- ...a law that sanctifies changes that have already occurred.
认可已发生变化的一项法律
- ...a law that sanctifies changes that have already occurred.
英英释义
verb
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- he left the monastery purified
- render holy by means of religious rites
双语例句
- St Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.
圣芳济不是要废除贫穷，而是要使之神圣化。 - God desires to sanctify us wholly and to preserve our spirit, soul, and body complete.
神渴望全然圣别我们，并保守我们的灵、与魂、与身子得以完全。 - To make holy by religious rite; sanctify.
用宗教仪式使神圣化；使神圣。收藏。 - And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
我为他们的缘故，自己分别为圣，叫他们也因真理成圣。 - Jn. 17:19 And for their sake I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
约十七19我为他们的缘故，圣别自己，使他们也在真理中得以圣别。 - Jn. 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
约十七17求你用真理圣别他们，你的话就是真理。 - And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
上主为了自己的仁义，本来愿意把法律发扬广大。 - Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
但要尊万军之耶和华为圣。以他为你们所当怕的，所当畏惧的。 - And you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its utensils; and it shall be holy.
要拿膏油来，抹帐幕和其中所有的，使帐幕和一切器具分别为圣；帐幕就成为圣。 - And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
我的圣所在以色列人中间直到永远，外邦人就必知道我是叫以色列成为圣的耶和华。