sacred

单词辨析:

sacred divine holy 【导航词义:神圣的】
sacred adj. 神圣的
〔辨析〕

指与上帝、神或宗教有关,因而是神圣而不容亵渎的,也可表示被普遍视为神圣及深受尊重的。

〔例证〕

A church is a sacred building.

教堂是神圣的建筑物。

In India the cow is considered sacred.

在印度,牛是神圣的动物。

What is sacred to you?

对你来说什么是神圣的?

divine adj. 神的,神圣的
〔辨析〕

指来源于神或上帝的,或与神或上帝有关的,强调非人世间所有的。

〔例证〕

divine power/peac

神力/天赐的和平

They were not human any more, but two spirits united by a divine fire.

他们已不再是凡人,而是由神火融合在一起的两个精灵。

These people believed that the civil war was a divine punishment.

那些人认为内战是上天的惩罚。

holy adj. 神圣的
〔辨析〕

指与上帝或某一宗教有关的,可与 sacred 换用。

〔例证〕

This is a holy/sacred place to them.

对他们来说,这里是一处圣地。

They believe in the miraculous power of holy/sacred relics.

他人相信圣物的神奇力量。

相关例句:

Our territory is sacred and inviolable.

我国领土神圣不可侵犯。

He said the unity of the country was sacred.

他说国家的统一神圣不可侵犯。

I like the sincerity of this religious devotion and respect this solemn and sacred belief.

我喜欢宗教情感的虔诚和真挚,并为如此庄严、神圣的信仰而心存崇敬。

He had defiled the sacred name of the Holy Prophet.

他亵渎了这位神圣先知的圣名。

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。

Some sacred inspiration perhaps had come to him.

也许他得到了某种神的启示。