saints

英 [seɪnts]

美 [seɪnts]

n.  (因其言行而被基督教会追封的)圣人，圣徒; 圣人般的人(指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人)
saint的复数

柯林斯词典

The title is usually pronounced /sənt/. 用作头衔时通常读作 /sənt/。


• N-COUNT; N-TITLE (基督教正式追封的)圣徒，圣人
  Asaintis someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
  1. Every parish was named after a saint.
     每个教区都以某位圣徒的名字命名。
  2. ...Saint John.
     圣约翰
• N-COUNT 至善的人;极有耐心的人;道德高尚的人;圣人般的人
  If you refer to a living person as asaint, you mean that they are extremely kind, patient, and unselfish.
  1. My girlfriend is a saint to put up with me.
     能够忍受我，我的女朋友真的很有耐心。

双语例句

• And people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.
  并且装扮成圣徒、天使和魔鬼。
• Once a tough defensive team, the Saints now have the most porous defence in the league.
  圣徒队一度防御能力很强，现在却成了联盟里防守漏洞最多的队伍。
• After the reformation, Catholic saints were confused with local deities and revered as "gods".
  在改革以后，天主教神圣和当地的神被混淆起来，被尊为“上帝”。
• Everybody has this, not just the saints and angels.
  每个人都有的，不只是圣人和天使才有这玩意。
• I beheld, and lo, that horn made war against the saints, and prevailed over them.
  我观看，看见这只角正在与圣民交战，竟战胜了他们。
• I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints.
  我爱你，抵得上那似乎随着消失的圣者而消逝的爱慕。
• In the convent I attended, the recommended readings were stories of the saints and martyrs.
  在女修道院，我阅读了有关圣人和殉教者的故事的推荐读物。
• But that is what most saints and monks believe.
  但是这就是多数圣人和僧人们所相信的。
• That ye be not seduced to offer your petitions to strange gods, as saints, stocks and stones.
  你不要被诱惑将奇异的神作为圣人和偶像来祈求。
• This is the glory of all his saints.
  他的圣民都有这荣耀。