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　

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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
  1. This was a practice sanctified by tradition.
     这是一种合乎传统的做法。

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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. ...a law that sanctifies changes that have already occurred.
     认可已发生变化的一项法律

英英释义

verb

• make pure or free from sin or guilt
  1. he left the monastery purified
  Synonym:purifypurge
• render holy by means of religious rites
  Synonym:consecrateblesshallow

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus you shall sanctify them that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.
  29你要这样使这些分别为圣，好成为至圣；凡触着这些的都成为圣。
• 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。
• 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 said unto them, hear me, ye levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the Holy place.
  对他们说，利未人哪，当听我说，现在你们要洁净自己，又洁净耶和华你们列祖神的殿，从圣所中除去污秽之物。
• 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。
• May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely;
  愿赐平安的神，亲自使你们全然成圣。
• 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。