holiest

英 [ˈhəʊlɪɪst]

美 [ˈhoʊliɪst]

adj.  与神(或宗教)有关的; 神圣的; 圣洁的; 强调惊讶、害怕等
holy的最高级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 与上帝（或宗教）有关的;神圣的
  If you describe something asholy, you mean that it is considered to be special because it is connected with God or a particular religion.
  1. To them, as to all Christians, this is a holy place.
     对他们以及所有基督徒来说，这里是一处圣地。
  2. ...Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
     赎罪日，犹太历中最神圣的日子
• ADJ-GRADED 虔诚的;圣洁的;献身于宗教（或教会）的
  Aholyperson is a religious leader or someone who leads a religious life.
  1. The Indians think of him as a holy man, a combination of doctor and priest.
     印度人把他视为圣人，他既是医生又是僧侣。
• （表示惊讶、恐慌等）天啊，上帝啊
  Holyis used in exclamations such as 'Holy cow!' and 'Holy smoke!' to express an emotion such as surprise or panic.
• See also:holier-than-thou

双语例句

• Thousands of pilgrims celebrated Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, beginning the holiest period on the Christian calendar.
  成千上万名朝圣者在耶路撒冷庆祝棕枝主日，开始了基督教日历中最神圣的时期。
• In India the dying make pilgrimages to sacred sites, such as Varanasi, to be cremated and released into the River Ganges, India's holiest waterway.
  在印度，易篑之人去诸如瓦拉纳西的圣地朝圣，以求火葬之后将骨灰撒入恒河之中。
• Then, squeezing my friend's hand, I offer a prayer for her and me and all of the mere mortal women who stumble their way inlo this holiest of callings.
  然后，我紧紧地握住朋友的手，为她､为我､也为每一位艰难跋涉､准备响应那神圣召唤的平凡女性献上自己的祈祷｡
• The pursuit of peace is our holiest quest.
  对和平的追求是最值得敬仰的。
• What did it feel like to sit at the holiest of places and look out upon all those faces, the great directors, the great actors?
  当你站在神圣的奥斯卡颁奖台上，俯视台下那些在好莱坞呼风唤雨的导演、演员时，是怎样的一种心情？
• The holiest of men, it appears, cannot be admitted to posthumous honours, until all that the devil could say against him is known and weighed.
  看来，对于人中最神圣的人，不到魔鬼对他的一切攻讦都已弄清并经权衡之后，也不能许以身后的荣誉。
• The death of Christ on the cross is the highest and the holiest that can be known of Him even in the glory of heaven.
  即使在天国的荣耀里，耶稣的被钉十字架，同样是神圣至极大爱的表现；
• Mecca is the holiest city, to which Muslims try to go on pilgrimage.
  麦加是最神圣的城市，穆斯林们都力图去那里朝圣。
• It was when it arrived at an interchange at Vijayawada it went wrong, as it was due to swing north to its eventual destination of Varanasi, one of India's holiest cities.
  这是当它抵达中转站维杰亚瓦达时就出错了，由于它的方向转至北方，致其最终目的地成了印度的宗教圣地瓦拉纳西。
• This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals
  这是最古老、最神圣的神道教仪式。