| 单词 | consecrate |
| 释义 | consecrate (once / 449 pages) vadj Consecrate means to make holy or to dedicate to a higher purpose. You need to consecrate a building to turn it into a church, but you can also consecrate a week in New York City to the pursuit of the perfect bagel. The secr part of consecrate comes from the Latin sacer "sacred." Remember that something consecrated is dedicated to God and thus sacred. And then remember that the meanings of words tend to stretch; over time this one moved from "dedicated to God" to "dedicated to whatever": jelly donuts, the perfect tan, finding a solution to Rubik's Cube. WORD FAMILYconsecrate: consecrated, consecrates, consecrating, consecration, deconsecrate, reconsecrate+/consecrated: consecratedly, unconsecrated/consecration: consecrations/deconsecrate: deconsecrated/reconsecrate: reconsecrated, reconsecrating USAGE EXAMPLESConsecrated in 1895, long before the Second World War, it was built to celebrate Germany’s victory in the Franco-Prussian War. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Environmental activists concerned about the viability of the planet and the way our fossil-fuel dependence gets consecrated in our infrastructure. Slate(Dec 11, 2016) It consecrates the soldier’s sacred purpose as surely as the one Dürer painted on his Virgin Mary, mother of sorrows. Los Angeles Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1v give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause consecrate your life to the church Syn|Hypo|Hyper commit, dedicate, devote, give give offer in good faith give, sacrificeendure the loss of vow dedicate to a deity by a vow rededicatededicate anew applyapply oneself to apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose 2v dedicate to a deity by a vow Syn|Hyper vow commit, dedicate, devote, give give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause 3v render holy by means of religious rites Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bless, hallow, sanctify deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow remove the consecration from a person or an object reconsecrate consecrate anew, as after a desecration declare state emphatically and authoritatively 4v appoint to a clerical posts Syn|Hyper ordain, order, ordinate enthrone, invest, vest provide with power and authority 5adj solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose Syn|Ant consecrated, dedicated ordained invested with ministerial or priestly functions votivededicated in fulfillment of a vow holybelonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power sacredconcerned with religion or religious purposes desecrated treated with contempt deconsecrateddivested of consecration profaned, violatedtreated irreverently or sacrilegiously |
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