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gentile

/jen-tahyl/US // ˈdʒɛn taɪl //UK // (ˈdʒɛntaɪl) //

外邦人,外籍人士,外教,外来者

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to any people not Jewish.
    • : Christian, as distinguished from Jewish.
    • : Mormon Church. not Mormon.
    • : heathen or pagan.
    • : expressing nationality or local origins.
    • : of or relating to a tribe, clan, people, nation, etc.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
    • : a person who is not a Mormon.
    • : a heathen or pagan.

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Examples

  • But there is something more that escapes the average Gentile (non-Mormon) perspective, and that is direct spiritual experience.

  • Cast: Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, George Segal, Hayley Orrantia, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile.

  • “Some might consider them interesting,” replied defense lawyer Tony Gentile dryly.

  • Olivia Gentile earned a B.A. from Harvard and an M.F.A. from Columbia.

  • But in order to deal with capital, capital you must have, or else find some innocent Gentile to lend it you at an easy rate.

  • She put her hands over her eyes and sank upon her knees, and Maestro Gentile knelt beside her.

  • These new wants and interests were not only alien to the old gentile order, but thwarted it in every way.

  • With this fundamental constitution, civilization had accomplished things for which the old gentile society was no match whatever.

  • The gentle-man—gentile-man—who respected his own gens, or family, or pedigree, was bound to be gentle.