ordain
英 [??'de?n]
美[?r'den]
- vt. 任命某人為牧師；授某人以圣職；（上帝、法律等）命令；注定
- vi. 頒布命令
英英釋意
- 1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree;
- "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
- "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
- 2. appoint to a clerical posts;
- "he was ordained in the Church"
- 3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority;
- "The minister was ordained only last month"
- 4. issue an order
雙語例句
- 1. He ordained his own priests, and threatened to ordain bishops.
- 他自行任命了牧師，還揚言要任命主教。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The recession may already be severe enough to ordain structural change.
- 這次經(jīng)濟衰退可能已經(jīng)嚴重到必須進行體制變革的地步了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The church's ruling body voted to ordain women as priests.
- 該教會的管理機構(gòu)投票通過接納女性為牧師。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Does Joel 2:28 permit us ordain women preachers?
- 約珥書2:28允許我們?nèi)蚊畟鞯?嗎 ?
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