holiest

英 [ˈhəʊlɪɪst]

美 [ˈhoʊliɪst]

adj.  与神(或宗教)有关的; 神圣的; 圣洁的; 强调惊讶、害怕等
holy的最高级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 与上帝（或宗教）有关的;神圣的
  If you describe something asholy, you mean that it is considered to be special because it is connected with God or a particular religion.
  1. To them, as to all Christians, this is a holy place.
     对他们以及所有基督徒来说，这里是一处圣地。
  2. ...Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
     赎罪日，犹太历中最神圣的日子
• ADJ-GRADED 虔诚的;圣洁的;献身于宗教（或教会）的
  Aholyperson is a religious leader or someone who leads a religious life.
  1. The Indians think of him as a holy man, a combination of doctor and priest.
     印度人把他视为圣人，他既是医生又是僧侣。
• （表示惊讶、恐慌等）天啊，上帝啊
  Holyis used in exclamations such as 'Holy cow!' and 'Holy smoke!' to express an emotion such as surprise or panic.
• See also:holier-than-thou

双语例句

• Mecca is the holiest city, to which Muslims try to go on pilgrimage.
  麦加是最神圣的城市，穆斯林们都力图去那里朝圣。
• This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals
  这是最古老、最神圣的神道教仪式。
• Karbala, south of Baghdad in Iraq's Shiite heartland, is one of the world's holiest Shiite cities.
  卡尔巴拉，伊拉克巴格达南部的什叶派圣地，是世界上什叶派最神圣的城市之一。
• Not content with this, Antiochus boldly entered the holiest Temple in the entire world, guided by Menelaus, the traitor to the law and country.
  王还以为不足，又以背叛法律出卖祖国的默乃劳为向导，胆敢进入举世至圣的圣殿。
• E.g.: Teaching is one of the holiest tasks.
  教书育人是一项最神圣的职业。
• The systematic destroying of our holiest values.
  有计划地摧毁我们最神圣的价值观念。
• I thought: Here you are in India, in an Ashram in one of the holiest pilgrimage sites on earth.
  我心想：你现在人在印度的道场，在世界上最神圣的地方之一。
• The holiest of men, it appears, cannot be admitted to posthumous honours, until all that the devil could say against him is known and weighed.
  看来，对于人中最神圣的人，不到魔鬼对他的一切攻讦都已弄清并经权衡之后，也不能许以身后的荣誉。
• What did it feel like to sit at the holiest of places and look out upon all those faces, the great directors, the great actors?
  当你站在神圣的奥斯卡颁奖台上，俯视台下那些在好莱坞呼风唤雨的导演、演员时，是怎样的一种心情？
• The friendship is the holiest treasure, she will not only root and shoot among the same gender, but also flower and fruit among the different gender.
  友谊是圣洁的灵物，她既会在同性中生根，发芽，也会在异性中开花结果。