Christian name

英 [ˈkrɪstʃən neɪm]

美 [ˈkrɪstʃən neɪm]

n.  (西方人的)圣名，教名，洗礼名

牛津词典

noun

• （西方人的）圣名，教名，洗礼名
  (in Western countries) a name given to sb when they are born or when they are christened ; a personal name, not a family name
  1. We're all on Christian name terms here.
     我们这里所有的人都用教名相互称呼。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 教名;洗礼名
  Some people refer to their first names as theirChristian names.
  1. Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name he insisted on addressing me as 'Mr Kennedy'.
     虽然我一再让他叫我的教名，可他执意称我为“肯尼迪先生”。

双语例句

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.
  他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• It is my Christian name. She'll understand. '
  不是天使的安琪尔；那是我的名字，她会明白的。
• Can't you recollect what our father's Christian name was?
  你记不得我们的父亲的教名是什么了吗？
• They were on Christian name terms when they were alone.
  他们单独在一起时，以教名相称。
• Teenagers often doodle just their first name or the initial of their Christian name, indicating a desire to break away from the family and do their own thing.
  年轻人经常会写他们的名或是教名的首字母，实际上暗示了他们希望独立并作自己的事情。
• Should I sign using my Christian name?
  我该怎么签，要用到我的教会名字吗？
• His name is Peter Smith Peter is his Christian name.
  他叫彼得史密斯彼得是他的名字。
• He attached no definite meaning to the word that I am aware of, but used it, like his own pretended Christian name, to affront mankind, and convey an idea of something savagely damaging.
  我很了解，他说出这话并没有什么确定的含义，就和他瞎说个教名一样，只不过以它冒犯他人的尊严，表达某种恶意伤害的意愿。
• From then on I always used her Christian name. Compliment your partner on his or her clothes.
  从此，我就一直对她以教名相称。找搭档，根据对方的衣服，互相称赞。
• Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name he insisted on addressing me as 'Mr Kennedy'.
  虽然我一再让他叫我的教名，可他执意称我为“肯尼迪先生”。