英汉词典

sacred 基本解释

• adj. 神的；神圣的；宗教的；庄严的

sacred 词态变化

sacred 中文词源

sacra-,神圣的，-ed,形容词后缀。

sacred 英文词源

sacred

sacred: [14] Sacred is one of a wide range of English words that go back to Latin sacer ‘sacred, holy’ (which itself came from the same base that produced Latin sancīre ‘consecrate’, source of English saint, sanctuary, etc). Many of them come via the derived verb sacrāre ‘consecrate’. These include consecrate [15], execrate [16], sacrament [12], and sacred itself, which was originally the past participle of the now obsolete verb sacre ‘consecrate’, a descendant via Old French sacrer of Latin sacrāre.

Amongst other relatives are sacerdotal [14] (from Latin sacerdōs ‘priest’, a derivative of the same base as sacer), sacrifice [13] (from a Latin compound meaning ‘make holy’), sacrilege [13] (from a Latin compound meaning ‘steal holy things’), sacristan and its more heavily disguised relative sexton, sacrosanct [17] (etymologically ‘consecrated with religious ceremonies’), and sacrum ‘bottom section of the spine’ [18] (short for medieval Latin os sacrum ‘holy bone’, which was a direct translation of Greek hieron ostéon, an allusion to the use of the bone in sacrificial ceremonies).
=> consecrate, execrate, sacrament, sacrifice, sacristan, saint, sanctuary, sexton

sacred (adj.)

late 14c., past participle adjective from obsolete verb sacren "to make holy" (c. 1200), from Old French sacrer "consecrate, anoint, dedicate" (12c.) or directly from Latin sacrare "to make sacred, consecrate; hold sacred; immortalize; set apart, dedicate," from sacer (genitive sacri) "sacred, dedicated, holy, accursed," from Old Latin saceres, from PIE root *sak- "to sanctify." Buck groups it with Oscan sakrim, Umbrian sacra and calls it "a distinctive Italic group, without any clear outside connections." Related: Sacredness.

Nasalized form is sancire "make sacred, confirm, ratify, ordain." An Old English word for "sacred" was godcund. Sacred cow "object of Hindu veneration," is from 1891; figurative sense of "one who must not be criticized" is first recorded 1910, reflecting Western views of Hinduism. Sacred Heart "the heart of Jesus as an object of religious veneration" is from 1765.

sacred 英文释义

1. concerned with religion or religious purposes;

"sacred texts"

"sacred rites"

"sacred music"

2. worthy of respect or dedication;

"saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling"

3. made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use;

"a consecrated chursh"

"the sacred mosque"

"sacred elephants"

"sacred bread and wine"

"sanctified wine"

4. worthy of religious veneration;

"the sacred name of Jesus"

"Jerusalem's hallowed soil"

5. (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person;

"a fund sacred to charity"

"a morning hour sacred to study"

"a private office sacred to the President"

sacred 同义词解析

sacred, divine, holy

这些形容词均含"神圣的"之意。

sacred： 指由于是献给上帝或神的事物，因而是神圣的，不容亵渎；也指被普遍视为神圣不可侵犯的东西。

divine： 指来源于神或神有关，侧重神性；在现代英语中指绝妙或非人世所有的事物。

holy可与sacred换用，但holy侧重于内含一种神圣的本质，使之值得崇拜，通常具有传统、世袭或固有的性质。

sacred 双语例句

1. The couple hold the unfashionable view that marriage is a sacred union.

夫妇俩对婚姻的看法很传统，认为婚姻是神圣的结合。

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2. The owl is sacred for many Californian Indian people.

对于很多加利福尼亚的印第安人而言，猫头鹰是圣物。

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3. 300 civilians are believed to have been mas-sacred by the rebels.

据信有300位平民被叛乱分子残杀。

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4. The eagle is the animal most sacred to the Native Americans.

对印第安人来说，鹰是最神圣的动物。

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5. He went south to climb Taishan, a mountain sacred to the Chinese.

他南下去爬泰山了，那是中国人心目中一座神圣的山。

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sacred 实用场景例句

a sacred image/shrine/temple

圣像 / 地 / 殿

牛津词典

sacred music

圣乐

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Cows are sacred to Hindus.

印度教徒把牛奉为圣物。

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Human life must always be sacred.

人的生命在任何时候都必须得到尊重。

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For journalists nothing is sacred (= they can write about anything) .

在记者眼里，没有什么是不可冒犯的。

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The owl is sacred for many Californian Indian people.

对于很多加利福尼亚的印第安人而言，猫头鹰是圣物。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...shrines and sacred places.

神龛和圣地

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...sacred art.

宗教艺术

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...sacred songs or music.

宗教歌曲或音乐

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My memories are sacred...

我的记忆不容亵渎。

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He said the unity of the country was sacred.

他说国家的统一神圣不可侵犯。

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In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of 15 statutes were found.

在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了15尊陶雕像的碎片.

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What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?

我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?

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Cambridge University: Here is light and sacred knowledge.

剑桥大学: 上帝赐予我们知识.

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On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

第一日当有圣会.什么劳碌的工都不可作.

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In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.

在庙宇的最神圣的殿堂里, 发现了十五尊塑像的陶土碎片.

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Woman, once the sacred giver of life, was now the enemy.

女人起先是生命的给予者, 现在变成敌人.

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Nothing is sacred to young people. They respect nothing.

年轻人认为没有什么是神圣的. 他们对什么都不尊重.

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The Hermes, as these statues were called, were as sacred.

和其他被称为神的雕像一样,海尔墨斯被人们视为神圣.

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In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes.

非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的.

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Jerusalem is sacred to all Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

耶路撒冷对所有的基督教徒 、 犹太教徒和穆斯林都是神圣的.

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Some sacred inspiration perhaps had come to him.

也许他得到了某种神的启示.

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Some newspapermen respected too many sacred cows.

有些新闻记者对太多的事情碰都不敢碰.

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He left them as sacred heirlooms to his children.

他把它们作为神圣的传家宝留给了孩子们.

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A church is a sacred building.

教堂是神圣的建筑物.

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