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
- Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
我必显为大，显为圣，在多国人的眼前显现。他们就知道我是耶和华。 - 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。 - St Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.
圣芳济不是要废除贫穷，而是要使之神圣化。 - His ministry is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, and during this age to convict man of sin, regenerate the repentant sinner, to indwell, guide, instruct, sanctify and empower the believer.
为要荣耀主耶稣基督，在今世使人知罪，令悔改的罪人重生，在信徒心中居住、引领、指导、洁净和加力。 - Gather the people; sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children and those who suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her canopy.
聚集众民，使会众分别为圣；招聚老者，聚集孩童和吃奶的；使新郎出离洞房，新妇出离内室。 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
愿赐平安的神，亲自使你们全然成圣。又愿你们的灵、与魂、与身子，得蒙保守，在我主耶稣基督降临的时候，完全无可指摘。 - 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。 - 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 the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
我的圣所在以色列人中间直到永远，外邦人就必知道我是叫以色列成为圣的耶和华。