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consecrate

/kon-si-kreyt/US // ˈkɒn sɪˌkreɪt //UK // (ˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪt) //

献祭,奉献,供奉,献身

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v.有主动词 verb
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    con·se·crat·ed, con·se·crat·ing.

    • : to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
    • : to make an object of honor or veneration; hallow: a custom consecrated by time.
    • : to devote or dedicate to some purpose: a life consecrated to science.
    • : to admit or ordain to a sacred office, especially to the episcopate.
    • : to change into the Eucharist.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : consecrated; sacred

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Examples

  • Let his countrymen consecrate the memory of the heroic general, the patriotic statesman, and the virtuous sage.

  • These divinest poets consecrate the spot, and throw a reflected glory over the humblest of their companions.

  • For to what but to felicity should men consecrate themselves, were felicity a goddess?

  • Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate it.

  • It is all consecrated but one thing, and I can't consecrate that.