sanctify
英 [ˈsæŋktɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈsæŋktɪfaɪ]
v. 使神圣化; 使正当化; 使合法化; 批准; 认可
过去式：sanctified 过去分词：sanctified 现在分词：sanctifying 第三人称单数：sanctifies
BNC.21181 / COCA.20602
牛津词典
verb
- 使神圣化
to make sth holy - 使正当化；使合法化；批准；认可
to make sth seem right or legal; to give official approval to sth- This was a practice sanctified by tradition.
这是一种合乎传统的做法。
- This was a practice sanctified by tradition.
柯林斯词典
- VERB (牧师、神职人员)认可，批准，使神圣化
If somethingis sanctifiedby a priest or other holy person, the priest or holy person officially approves of it, or declares it to be holy.- She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified.
她正努力弥补自己那段未受牧师认可的婚姻。
- She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified.
- VERB 批准;认可;使受尊敬;使固定不变
If an organization or eventsanctifiessomething, it makes it approved of and respected, or unable to be changed.- ...a law that sanctifies changes that have already occurred.
认可已发生变化的一项法律
- ...a law that sanctifies changes that have already occurred.
英英释义
verb
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- he left the monastery purified
- render holy by means of religious rites
双语例句
- Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
但要尊万军之耶和华为圣。以他为你们所当怕的，所当畏惧的。 - And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
我为他们的缘故，自己分别为圣，叫他们也因真理成圣。 - And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.
要抹洗濯盆和盆座，使盆分别为圣。 - St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.
圣弗朗西斯想圣化贫困而不是消除它。 - May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely;
愿赐平安的神，亲自使你们全然成圣。 - The holy element is moving and active within us to sanctify us.
圣别的元素一直在我们里面运行，活动，使我们得以圣别。 - God desires to sanctify us wholly and to preserve our spirit, soul, and body complete.
神渴望全然圣别我们，并保守我们的灵、与魂、与身子得以完全。 - And do not bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: sanctify the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
不要做任何工作，却要按照我曾给你们祖先所吩咐的，圣化安息日。 - And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.
我吩咐利未人洁净自己，来守城门，使安息日为圣。 - Jn. 17:19 And for their sake I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
约十七19我为他们的缘故，圣别自己，使他们也在真理中得以圣别。