salvation
/sælˈveɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- Theology deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ【神学】灵魂的得救; 超度; 救世。
1.1
- preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss拯救; 挽救; 救助:
they try to sell it to us as economic salvation.
他们试图把它作为经济救助卖给我们。
1.2
one's salvation
a source or means of being saved in this way拯救; 救助; 解救办法:his only salvation was to outfly the enemy.
他惟一的解救办法是在飞行速度上超过敌人。
词源
Middle English: from Old French salvacion, from ecclesiastical Latin salvation- (from salvare 'to save'), translating Greek sōtēria.