consecrate

['kɔnsi.kreit]

v.供神用, 奉献, 使神圣
adj.被献给神的,神圣的

例句与用法:

A doctor's life is consecrated to curing sick people.

医生献身于医治病人。

This battle field is consecrated to the memory of the soldiers who died here.

这个战场被视为圣地以纪念战死在这里的战士。

词形变化:

形容词: consecrative | 名词: consecrator | 动词过去式: consecrated | 动词过去分词: consecrated | 动词现在分词: consecrating | 动词第三人称单数: consecrates |

详细释义:

vt.

1. 使圣化; 使就圣职

2. 把……放着作祭祀用[(+to)]

3. 奉……为神圣, 尊崇

ground consecrated by their martyrdom

因他们在此殉难而奉为神圣的土地

4. 献身于, 致力于[(+to)]

She consecrated her life to art.

她献身于艺术。

a.

【古】奉为神圣的