英语词汇“infidel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Noun a holy war against the infidels

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Noun

The body of the Saint Nicholas, the gift-giving bishop who inspired Santa Claus, is preserved there; in 1701, Italian sailors rescued his bones from the basilica in the city of Myra, which had been conquered by infidel Turks.

Lucy Jakub, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2021 Nazar described passing through checkpoints where Taliban guards cursed him as an infidel and whipped people with chains, and being hit with tear gas by U.S. marines.

Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021 The spokesman made no mention of the peace talks, but Taliban delegates there have refused to recognize the U.S.-backed Afghan government’s legitimacy to negotiate, calling it an infidel foreign puppet.

Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020 Four years later, though, Reagan was the nominee, the majority of evangelicals judged Jimmy Carter something like an infidel, and, lo, forevermore, Southern Strategy 2.0 has enjoyed everlasting life.

Rick Perlstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2020 The video reportedly shows three masked men – with one accusing the Maldives of being run by infidels and threatening follow-up attacks.

Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2020 Altogether, over 6,200 Yazidis, an ancient minority viewed as infidels by the Islamic State, went missing when the militants swept through their ancestral homeland in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq in 2014.

Washington Post, 14 June 2019 The video reportedly features a masked man flanked by two others wagging his finger at the camera and saying that the Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, is run by infidels.

Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2020 An illustration in a 13th-century German psalter, for example, shows a Christian angel using a sword to force infidels into the gate of hell, represented as a monster with a gaping, flaming mouth.

Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019

Adjective

But it is widely believed to have increased support for Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which believes Islam must be at war with an infidel West.

Max Singer, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017 Al-Binali was at the time reportedly head of the ISIS Research and Fatwa Department, which released a fatwa allowing rape of infidel women around the time of the campaign against the Yazidis and their subsequent enslavement.

Robert Windrem, NBC News, 2 June 2017 They were forced by the Hisbah to stand up in mosques and public squares, in front of crowds, and declare their regret for having enforced the laws of the infidel government.

National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French infidele, borrowed from Medieval Latin infidēlis, noun derivative of Late Latin infidēlis "unbelieving" — more at infidel entry 2

Adjective

Middle English infidele "non-Christian," borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin infidēlis "unbelieving," going back to Latin, "not keeping faith, disloyal," from in- in- entry 1 + fidēlis "faithful, loyal, trustworthy" — more at fidelity

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	infidel
释义	infidel 1 of 2 noun in·fi·del ˈin-fə-dᵊl -fə-ˌdel 1 : one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity 2 a : an unbeliever with respect to a particular religion b : one who acknowledges no religious belief 3 : a disbeliever in something specified or understood infidel 2 of 2 adjective 1 : not holding the faith of a given religion Either they must come to terms with surrounding infidel tribes or they must conquer the hinterland. Daniel J. Boorstin the infidel nations 2 : opposing or traitorous to a given religion infidel writers an infidel sect Example Sentences Noun a holy war against the infidels Recent Examples on the Web Noun The body of the Saint Nicholas, the gift-giving bishop who inspired Santa Claus, is preserved there; in 1701, Italian sailors rescued his bones from the basilica in the city of Myra, which had been conquered by infidel Turks. Lucy Jakub, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2021 Nazar described passing through checkpoints where Taliban guards cursed him as an infidel and whipped people with chains, and being hit with tear gas by U.S. marines. Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021 The spokesman made no mention of the peace talks, but Taliban delegates there have refused to recognize the U.S.-backed Afghan government’s legitimacy to negotiate, calling it an infidel foreign puppet. Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2020 Four years later, though, Reagan was the nominee, the majority of evangelicals judged Jimmy Carter something like an infidel, and, lo, forevermore, Southern Strategy 2.0 has enjoyed everlasting life. Rick Perlstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2020 The video reportedly shows three masked men – with one accusing the Maldives of being run by infidels and threatening follow-up attacks. Greg Norman \| Fox News, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2020 Altogether, over 6,200 Yazidis, an ancient minority viewed as infidels by the Islamic State, went missing when the militants swept through their ancestral homeland in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq in 2014. Washington Post, 14 June 2019 The video reportedly features a masked man flanked by two others wagging his finger at the camera and saying that the Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, is run by infidels. Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2020 An illustration in a 13th-century German psalter, for example, shows a Christian angel using a sword to force infidels into the gate of hell, represented as a monster with a gaping, flaming mouth. Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019 Adjective But it is widely believed to have increased support for Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which believes Islam must be at war with an infidel West. Max Singer, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017 Al-Binali was at the time reportedly head of the ISIS Research and Fatwa Department, which released a fatwa allowing rape of infidel women around the time of the campaign against the Yazidis and their subsequent enslavement. Robert Windrem, NBC News, 2 June 2017 They were forced by the Hisbah to stand up in mosques and public squares, in front of crowds, and declare their regret for having enforced the laws of the infidel government. National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016 See More Word History Etymology Noun borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French infidele, borrowed from Medieval Latin infidēlis, noun derivative of Late Latin infidēlis "unbelieving" — more at infidel entry 2 Adjective Middle English infidele "non-Christian," borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin infidēlis "unbelieving," going back to Latin, "not keeping faith, disloyal," from in- in- entry 1 + fidēlis "faithful, loyal, trustworthy" — more at fidelity First Known Use Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition infidel noun in·fi·del ˈin-fə-dᵊl -fə-ˌdel : a person who does not believe in a certain religion infidel noun as in dissenter disapproving a person who does not believe in a religion that someone regards as the true religion The theocracy regarded as infidels anyone that did not practice their religion. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dissenter unbeliever renegade dissident disbeliever heretic sectarian dissentient heresiarch separatist defector apostate schismatic misbeliever bohemian nonconformist individualist separationist Antonyms & Near Antonyms believer conformer conformist
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