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

• 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。
• 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。
• Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
  但要尊万军之耶和华为圣。以他为你们所当怕的，所当畏惧的。
• 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。
• Jn. 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
  约十七17求你用真理圣别他们，你的话就是真理。
• St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.
  圣弗朗西斯想圣化贫困而不是消除它。
• 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。
• 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。
• To make holy by religious rite; sanctify.
  用宗教仪式使神圣化；使神圣。收藏。
• 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。