| 释义 |
dispensation/dispenˈseiʃ(ə)n/n. 1a the act or an instance of dispensing or distributing 分配；分发 b (foll. by 后跟 with) the state of doing without (a thing) 省却(某物) c something distributed 分发物 2 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 from)a exemption from a penalty or duty; an instance of this (处罚、义务的)免除 b permission to be exempted from a religious observance; an instance of this 豁免；(宗教上的)特许 3 a religious or political system obtaining in a nation etc. (一国等的)教规；体制 the Christian dispensation 基督教教规 4a the ordering or management of the world by Providence 天命，天道 b a specific example of such ordering (of a community, a person, etc.) (对某社区、某人特别降下的)神的安排 □ dispensational adj.[Middle English from Old French dispensation or Latin dispensatio (as DISPENSE)] |