ordain

英 [ɔːˈdeɪn]

美 [ɔːrˈdeɪn]

v.  授予圣秩(品); 授予圣职; 主宰; 掌握; 规定

过去分词：ordained　现在分词：ordaining　过去式：ordained　第三人称单数：ordains　复数：ordains　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11835 / COCA.13110

牛津词典

verb

• 授予圣秩（品）；授予圣职
  to make sb a priest, minister or rabbi
  1. He was ordained (as) a priest last year.
     他去年接受任命为神父。
• 主宰；掌握；规定
  to order or command sth; to decide sth in advance
  1. Fate had ordained that they would never meet again.
     他们命里注定永远不会再相见。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 授予…圣职;任命…为神职人员
  When someoneis ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.
  1. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982...
     他于1982年被任命为天主教司铎。
  2. Women have been ordained for many years in the Church of Scotland...
     苏格兰长老会多年前就已开始任命女性担任圣职。
  3. He ordained his own priests, and threatened to ordain bishops...
     他自行任命了牧师，还扬言要任命主教。
  4. The church's ruling body voted to ordain women as priests.
     该教会的管理机构投票通过接纳女性为牧师。
  5. ...plans to ordain women to the priesthood...
     任命女性为牧师的计划
  6. He became a fully ordained monk at the age of 20.
     他在20岁的时候成了正式的修道士。
• VERB 规定；决定；主宰
  If some authority or powerordainssomething, they decide that it should happen or be in existence.
  1. Destiny has ordained that they are who they are...
     命运已经决定了他们的性格为人。
  2. His rule was ordained by heaven...
     他的统治乃是天命。
  3. The recession may already be severe enough to ordain structural change.
     这次经济衰退可能已经严重到必须进行体制变革的地步了。

英英释义

verb

• issue an order
• appoint to a clerical posts
  1. he was ordained in the Church
  Synonym:consecrateordinateorder
• invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  1. The minister was ordained only last month
• order by virtue of superior authority
  1. The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
  2. the legislature enacted this law in 1985
  Synonym:enact

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