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mahatma

/muh-haht-muh, -hat-/US // məˈhɑt mə, -ˈhæt- //UK // (məˈhɑːtmə, -ˈhæt-) //

大圣,大圣人,大师,大雄宝殿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a Brahman sage.
    • : a person who is held in the highest esteem for wisdom and saintliness.
    • : a great sage who has renounced further spiritual development in order to aid those who are less advanced.

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Examples

  • He visited the White House and advised Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi.

  • The Nobel committee said he was continuing in the noble tradition of Mahatma Gandhi.

  • South Africa, not India, was the crucible in which the Mahatma was forged.

  • First film recording of Mahatma Gandhi, 1931, is now available on YouTube.

  • If Mahatma Gandhi returned and was democratically elected as president of the Palestinian Authority, it would not matter.

  • That was an unusually long speech for my Mahatma—proof that he was very much in earnest.

  • It was not in vain that Mahatma declared, “put up thy sword into the sheath.”

  • The idea was, to quote the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “political” and not “educational.”

  • It was, to quote the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “a concession to popular agitation.”

  • This is what Mahatma teaches us and this is the message of all India.