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ho.ly GOODHhEJ7li, $5hoJ-adj-ier, -iest related to God and religion and therefore thought to be morally good神圣的，圣洁的，虔诚的holy scriptures/rites圣经/圣礼拜式a holy city/person/well圣城/人/井As a nun, she led a holy life humbly attending to the needs of the sick.作为一个修女，她过着圣洁的生活，恭顺地照料病人的需要。(disapproving) If a person is holier-than-thou, they think that they are morally better than anyone else.自认为虔诚的，假仁假义的Her holier-than-thou attitudes make her very unpopular.她假仁假义的态度令她很不受欢迎。Holy Communion (also Communion, the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper or Mass) is the Christian religious ceremony based on Jesus Christ's last meal with his friends.圣餐[COMMUNICANT]The Holy Grail (also the Grail) is a bowl believed to have been used by Jesus Christ at the meal before his death. Some of his blood is believed to have been collected in it and it therefore became a holy thing which many people looked for.圣杯，圣盘(传说耶稣基督在最后晚餐时使用，据说他的血盛在其中，许多人视之为圣物千方百计在寻找)(fig.) Sustained nuclear fusion is the holy grail (=the thing which is most wanted and which people try to discover) of the power industry.持续不断的核聚变是电力工业所渴求和探索的“圣杯” 。The holy of holies is the most special part of a religious building, esp. a Jewish TEMPLE.(宗教建筑)最神圣的部分，(尤指)犹太教的神殿(humorous) A holy of holies is also any place which is very special.特别的地方，神圣之地This football stadium is the holy of holies to many fans.这个足球场是很多球迷眼中的神圣之地。Holy orders are the ceremony by which someone becomes a priest in some parts of the Christian Church.牧师受职仪式，圣职受任仪式Will you be taking holy orders?你将接受圣职出任牧师吗?The Holy See is the government of the Roman Catholic Church, under the POPE.罗马天主教廷The Holy Spirit (also Holy Ghost) is God in the form of a spirit in the Christian church.圣灵A holy war is a war fought to defend a religion, to force others to follow a different religion, or for other religious beliefs.圣战(指为保卫宗教信仰或迫使他人改变信仰，或为了其它宗教信仰而进行的战争) [CRUSADE; jihad]Holy Week is the week before Easter Sunday. [not after the]复活节前的一周
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