consecrate
['kɔnsi.kreit]
v.供神用, 奉献, 使神圣
adj.被献给神的,神圣的
例句与用法:
A doctor's life is consecrated to curing sick people.
医生献身于医治病人。
This battle field is consecrated to the memory of the soldiers who died here.
这个战场被视为圣地以纪念战死在这里的战士。
词形变化:
形容词: consecrative | 名词: consecrator | 动词过去式: consecrated | 动词过去分词: consecrated | 动词现在分词: consecrating | 动词第三人称单数: consecrates |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 使圣化; 使就圣职
2. 把……放着作祭祀用[(+to)]
3. 奉……为神圣, 尊崇
ground consecrated by their martyrdom
因他们在此殉难而奉为神圣的土地
4. 献身于, 致力于[(+to)]
She consecrated her life to art.
她献身于艺术。
a.
【古】奉为神圣的