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

• If we go by idealistic way, then the Government should send only priests and saints to inspire criminals.
  如果我们能够按照理想的方式，那么政府只要派牧师和圣徒去启发罪犯就可以了。
• Churches need leaders who chart the course and equip the saints.
  教会需要制定课程和装备圣人的领袖。
• They can be God or they can be saints.
  他们可以是纯虚构的世界里的人，可以是肥皂剧里的人物。他们也可以是上帝或圣人。
• 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。
• I am the least of the saints and the chief of sinners.
  我比众圣徒中最小的还小，我是罪人中的罪魁。
• Are you really athena's saints?
  你们真的是雅典娜的圣斗士吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
  要在他们身上施行所记录的审判。他的圣民都有这荣耀。