| 释义 |
ordain/ɔ:ˈdein/v. tr. 1 confer holy orders on; appoint to the Christian ministry 授以…神职；委任为基督教牧师 ordained him priest 任命他为牧师; was ordained in 1970 在 1970 年被授以神职 2a (often foll. by 常后跟 that + clause) decree 命令 ordained that he should go 命令他必须去 b (of God, fate, etc.) destine; appoint (上帝、命运等)注定 has ordained us to die 命里注定我们要死 □ ordainer n.□ ordainment n.[Middle English via Anglo-French ordeiner, Old French ordein-, stressed stem of ordener, from Latin ordinare, from ordo -inis ‘order’] |