单词 | baptism |
释义 | baptismWord family nounbaptismbaptistbaptisteryadjectivebaptismaladverbbaptismallyverbbaptize Christianitybap·tis·m /ˈbæptɪzəm/ ●○○ noun [countableC, uncountableU] 1. RRCa Christian religious ceremony in which someone is touched or covered with water to welcome them into the Christian faith, and sometimes to officially name them 〔基督教的〕洗礼,浸礼 → christening 2 baptism of/by fire FIRSTa difficult or painful first experience of something 火的洗礼,初次的痛苦经历[考验] The campaign has been a baptism of fire. 这场运动等于是一次火的洗礼。 Examples from the Corpus baptism of/by fire• It had been a baptism by fire, but she had come through.• It is almost impossible to see where events will lead but you are going through a baptism of fire.• An as-yet-unproven system called J-STARS, getting its baptism of fire in the Gulf, illustrates the point.• My baptism of fire had been with Leon Brittan who was Chief Secretary until the 1983 general election.• This was our baptism of fire and we learned many lessons.• Beige popsters take a vicarious pride in the slow baptism of fire that their chosen genre and its protagonists underwent.• Diana admits that she wasn't easy to handle during that baptism of fire. —baptismal /bæpˈtɪzməl/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] a baptismal font (=container for holding the water used at baptism) 洗礼盆,圣水盂 Examples from the Corpus baptism• According to Catholic Church statistics, there were about 25,000 baptisms in Havana in 1989.• It is almost impossible to see where events will lead but you are going through a baptism of fire.• He remembered hymns and baptisms down on this lake; religious conversion and arms reaching up in real belief.• He prepares couples for marriage, and children for baptism and communion.• The last three groups were a type of radical Protestant sometimes called Anabaptist, because they did not believe in infant baptism.• For a first Mass it had certainly been a tough baptism. |
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