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单词 sacredness
释义
sacredness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈseɪ.krɪd.nəs/us
/ˈseɪ.krɪd.nəs/
thequalityof beingconsideredholyanddeservingrespect,especiallybecause of aconnectionwith agod:
Ibelievein the sacredness of alllife.
Thechurchtriestomaintainanatmosphereof sacredness.
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  • Thesemi-preciousstonessymbolizethe site's sacredness totheirculture.
  • We mustrecognisesthe sacredness and thedignityof everyhumanlife.
  • Webelievein the sacredness ofmarriage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • numinous
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(Definition ofsacrednessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsacredness

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Thesacrednessof the individual is ultimately set apart from concerns about society.
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The filling of the shaft was then done to enhance thesacrednessof the royal space and to make preparations for intercity war fare.
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She seeks to understand ' howsacrednessis installed in kings ' (p. 17).
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In external references, enemies did not grant the ruler such honor, because it probably countered thesacrednessand divine status of the local lord's person.
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It seems likely that these features resulted from human modification, specifically as a byproduct of ceremonies centered on stelae endowed withsacredness.
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In other words, "sacredness" won't be intelligible in the naturalist ontological worldview, and so the worldview and the moral commitment will be inconsistent.
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To him, the landscape particularly accentuated asacrednessin presence.
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Obviously, most believers attributesacrednessto objects because of cultural\\ religious conditioning.
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What is at issue here, surely, is thesacrednessof consumer preferences.
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Here, then, thesacrednessof place puts into play a mobility of boundaries and spatial relationships, rather than closing them off.
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It was the saint who functioned as mythical capital, and the coin's significance and value were derived from hissacredness.
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Because of thesacrednessof this pre-depositional behavior, then, the debris itself must be deposited with or in the same manner as other ritual materials.
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Sacredness, in other words, is inseparable from power: major struggles within a given art field are about the consecration of works into the canon.
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Because of thesacrednessof the mantras, accurate transmission is required.
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And seen well all his buildings reveal theirsacredness.
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