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单词 gospel
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gospelnoun

uk/ˈɡɒs.pəl/us/ˈɡɑː.spəl/

gospel noun (CHRISTIANITY)

[ C ] any of the four books of the Bible that contain details of the life of Jesus Christ:

St Mark's Gospel/the Gospel according to St Mark
the gospel [ S ]

the teachings of Jesus Christ:

to preach/spread the gospel

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The Bible - people, events & places

  • Adam
  • annunciation
  • apocalypse
  • Armageddon
  • bible
  • Goliath
  • Jesus Christ
  • Judgment Day
  • Madonna
  • manna
  • resurrection
  • the ark
  • the Beatitudes
  • the Blessed Virgin
  • the Day of Judgment
  • the Old Testament
  • the Second Coming
  • the Ten Commandments
  • the Torah
  • verse

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gospel noun (TRUTH)

[ U ] informal also gospel truth the complete truth:

If Mary tells you something, you can take it as gospel.

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Reality and truth

  • a slice of life idiom
  • actuality
  • apothegm
  • authenticity
  • fact
  • home truth
  • immediacy
  • McCoy
  • practice
  • real life
  • slice
  • the genuine article idiom
  • the real McCoy
  • the real thing 1
  • the real world 2
  • truism
  • truth will out idiom
  • veracity
  • verisimilitude
  • verity

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gospel noun (MUSIC)

[ U ] also gospel music a style of religious music originally performed by black Americans

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Types of music

  • ambient music
  • anthemic
  • atonal
  • backing
  • bhangra
  • blues
  • easy listening
  • elegiac
  • elevator music
  • funk
  • goth
  • melodic
  • popular music
  • raga
  • ragga
  • Rastafarian
  • reggae
  • unaccompanied
  • unplayable
  • world music

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gospel noun (BELIEFS)

[ S ] literary a set of principles or ideas that someone believes in:

the gospel of hard work

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Believing

  • article of faith
  • ascribe sth to sb
  • belief
  • believe
  • believe in sth
  • credit
  • evidently
  • feel
  • feel it in your bones idiom
  • give sb the benefit of the doubt idiom
  • incline to/towards sth
  • kid
  • seeing is believing idiom
  • self-delusion
  • stock
  • swear by sth
  • take sb's word for it idiom
  • take sth as read idiom
  • under
  • word

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