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单词 ordain
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ordain

Word family  adjectiveordainablenounordainerordainmentordineeverbordain
Related topics: Religion
or·dain /ɔːˈdeɪn $ ɔːr-/ verb [transitiveT]  
1  RRto officially make someone a priest or religious leader 正式任命〔某人〕为牧师,授予〔某人〕圣职 → ordination
 Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960.
德斯蒙德•图图于1960年被任命为牧师。
ordain somebody (as) something
 The church voted to allow women to be ordained as priests.
教会投票同意授予妇女圣职。
2  formalTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something to order that something should happen 命令,规定;判定
ordain that
 The King ordained that deer should not be hunted without a royal licence.
国王下令,没有王室颁发的许可证不许猎鹿。
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Origin ordain
(1200-1300) Old French ordener, from Latin ordinare “to put in order”, from ordo; → ORDER1
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