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saint/seint, before a name usu. 在名字前通常作 s(ə)nt/ n. & v.●n. (abbr. [缩略] St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1 a holy or (in some Churches) a canonized person regarded as having a place in heaven 圣人；(教会正式尊崇的)圣徒 2 (作 Saint or St) the title of a saint or archangel, hence used in the names of churches etc. St Paul's 圣保罗大教堂, sometimes without reference to a saint St Cross 圣十字架； St Saviour's 圣救世主, or (often with the loss of the apostrophe) in the names of places St Andrews 圣安德鲁; St Albans 圣奥尔本斯 圣徒(或天使长)的尊号(因此用于教堂名等) (有时不提及圣徒的名字) (或用于地名，常常省略撇号 (’)) 3 a very virtuous person; a person of great real or affected holiness 道德崇高的人；圣徒般的人 would try the patience of a saint 即使是圣人也无法忍受 4 a member of the company of heaven 天国里的人 with all the angels and saints 和所有的天使和天国里的人一起 5 (Bibl., archaic, and used by Puritans, Mormons, etc. 【圣经】[古义]为清教徒、摩门教徒等所用) one of God's chosen people; a member of the Christian Church or one's own branch of it 上帝的选民；基督教徒；自己教派的成员 ●v. tr. 1 canonize; admit to the calendar of saints 正式封为圣徒；准予成为宗教纪念节日 2 call or regard as a saint 称作圣徒，视为圣徒 3 (as 作 sainted adj.) sacred; of a saintly life; worthy to be regarded as a saint 神圣的；圣徒似的 □ my sainted aunt see 见 AUNT □ saintdom n.□ sainthood n.□ saintlike adj.□ saintling n.□ saintship n.[Middle English via Old French seint, saint from Latin sanctus ‘holy’, past part. of sancire ‘consecrate’] |