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

• 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。
• I was supposed to do the angels and two saints.
  我本来想画它的和另外两个圣人的。
• The poets and "saints" of medieval bhakti appeared throughout India.
  中世纪的巴克提诗人和圣人遍布了印度。
• To the Christian holidays of all Saints and All Souls Days.
  直至基督教节日中的万圣节和万灵节。
• 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”。
• We pray with saints, not to them.
  我们求圣代祷，而非向其祈祷。
• 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。
• Such honour have all His saints!
  衪①所有的圣徒有这种光荣的！
• 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。