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　

GRE TEM8

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

For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh.
假如公山羊和牛犊的血，以及母牛的灰烬，洒在那些受玷污的人身上，可净化他们得到肉身的洁净。
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 very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
愿赐平安的神，亲自使你们全然成圣。又愿你们的灵、与魂、与身子，得蒙保守，在我主耶稣基督降临的时候，完全无可指摘。
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
免得他们在吃圣物上自取罪孽，因为我是叫他们成圣的耶和华。
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 the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
上主为了自己的仁义，本来愿意把法律发扬广大。
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。
St Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.
圣芳济不是要废除贫穷，而是要使之神圣化。
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。
God desires to sanctify us wholly and to preserve our spirit, soul, and body complete.
神渴望全然圣别我们，并保守我们的灵、与魂、与身子得以完全。