| 单词 | holy |
| 释义 | holy adjectiveholy ♦︎ pure ♦︎ saintly ♦︎ blamelessthese words all describe sb who is morally good.这些词均表示圣洁的、高尚的。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆a holy / pure / saintly man / woman / person◆to live a holy / pure / saintly / blameless life■ holy /həʊli; name hoʊli/ (often approving) good in a religious and moral way圣洁的◆he tries to live a holy life.他努力过圣洁的生活。◆they are good and holy people.他们是圣洁善良的好人。 ➡ see also holy → religious ■ pure without any morally bad thought or actions, especially sexual ones; morally good纯真的；贞洁的；正派的◆the nuns here live a quiet and pure life.在这儿修女们过着清静圣洁的生活。◆he insisted that his motives were pure.他坚持说他的动机纯正。 ➡ see also purity → morality ■ saintly (sometimes disapproving) very good or holy圣人般的；非常圣洁善良的◆he was a saintly but somewhat ineffective archbishop.他是个圣洁善良却略显平庸的大主教。note 辨析 holy or saintly?the term holy is either approving, or simply descriptive, meaning that sb has devoted (= given) their life to religion. * holy 或有褒义，或只是客观描述，指献身于宗教◆he spent the rest of his life as a hermit and holy man, living in a mountain hut.他隐居山间小屋修行，度过了圣洁的余生。 saintly is not used in this descriptive way, and is either approving or disapproving: it can be used to suggest that sb is too good, in a way that is annoying, not practical or that does not seem real. * saintly 不用于客观描述，词义或褒或贬，可以指某人好得过了头而使人厌烦、显得不切实际或不真实。■ blameless /bleɪmləs/ (rather formal) doing no wrong无过错的◆all three women had lived blameless lives.她们三个女人一生都过得清清白白。holy /həʊli; name hoʊli/ (often approving) good in a religious and moral way圣洁的◆he tries to live a holy life.他努力过圣洁的生活。◆they are good and holy people.他们是圣洁善良的好人。 ➡ see also holy → religious holy [usually before noun] special to believers in a particular religion; connected with god（对信教者）神圣的；与神有关的◆the holy bible / scriptures《圣经》◆holy ground圣地◆the holy city of mecca圣城麦加◆a holy war (= one fought to defend the beliefs of a particular religion) 圣战 ➡ see also holy → holy holy/ˈhəʊli ||; ˈholɪ/adj (holier;holiest) 1. connected with god or with religion and therefore very special or important 神圣的: ◇the holy bible 圣经◇holy water 圣水◇the koran is the holy book of islam. 《古兰经》是伊斯兰教的圣典。 2. (used about a person) serving god; pure （指人）虔奉上帝的，圣洁的 ➔holiness noun [u]holysee ⇨ religion 4 ho·ly /`holɪ; ˈhəʊli/adj 1. connected with god or religion; sacred 与上帝或宗教有关的; 神圣的:◇the holy city of jerusalem 耶路撒冷圣城 2. very religious 虔诚的，圣洁的，笃信宗教的:◇a holy man 圣洁的人 ☞ holy |
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