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martyrdom

/mahr-ter-duhm/US // ˈmɑr tər dəm //UK // (ˈmɑːtədəm) //

殉道,殉教,殉难,殉情

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the condition, sufferings, or death of a martyr.
    • : extreme suffering; torment.

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Examples

  • Its potent mixture of militarism and martyrdom seemed to perfectly fit the fate of the Alamo, even if no one there is known to have used those words.

  • In Christian art, saints often hold an object associated with their martyrdom.

  • Over the years, the Wizards have offered the likes of Thomas Bryant, Marcin Gortat and Ian Mahinmi against Embiid, matchups that played out more like martyrdom.

  • As Maud, Morfydd Clark performs a martyrdom that’s sullen, petty, and entirely self-absorbed.

  • There was many a tense moment for George as Elizabeth moped about in tearful martyrdom while her mother and grandmother, the doughty old Queen Mary, fought her battle for her.

  • “This is a shahid [martyrdom] operation and we are going to fight until we die,” the man in the video said.

  • He told the news channel he awaits death with joy and that martyrdom is the greatest reward.

  • It is this kind of abstraction that leads to more mythology, more heroic narratives, more undertones of patriotic martyrdom.

  • So much for hungering for martyrdom and all those virgins waiting in paradise.

  • Potential recruits are told their main role in the Islamic revolution will be through matrimony and childbearing, not martyrdom.

  • He marched to meet it with the throbbing pulses of a soldier rushing to victory or a saint to martyrdom.

  • Socialism, like every other impassioned human effort, will flourish best under martyrdom.

  • But its voice was soon stifled, and its children were rewarded for their abnegation by punishment, martyrdom and death.

  • Why did Ricetto, Bruno and Servetus in the hour of martyrdom turn with loathing from that sacred emblem, the crucifix?

  • After receiving the honors of persecution, am I to expect the still greater one of martyrdom?