| 释义 |
sin
I. \ˈsin\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sinne, from Old English synn, syn; akin to Old Frisian sende sin, Old Saxon sundia, Old High German sunta, suntea and perhaps to Latin sont-, sons guilty; probably akin to Latin est is — more at is
1.
a. : a transgression of religious law : an offense against God
< making her dream … of the sin which he resolved to allure her to commit — Daniel Defoe >
b. : a serious offense : a violation of propriety
< colleges which glorify research and publication … are guilty of a grave and perhaps irreparable sin against civilization — Millicent McIntosh >
< the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation — Lewis Mumford >
c. : a serious shortcoming : fault
< the English sin has always been … a lack of social coherence — Herbert Read >
2. : violation of religious law : disregard of God's will
< thought about the nature of sin in general — H.E.Fosdick >
specifically : violation of proscription of fornication
< accused … of living in sin with her fiancé — Leslie Rees >
— see actual sin, deadly sin, mortal sin, original sin, venial sin
II. verb
(sinned ; sinned ; sinning ; sins)
Etymology: Middle English sinnen, singen, from Old English syngian; akin to Middle Dutch sondigen to sin, Old Norse syndga; denominative from the root of English sin (I)
intransitive verb
1. : to violate religious law : commit an offense against God; specifically : fornicate
2. : to commit an offense
< critics often sinned against good critical sense — C.I.Glicksberg >
transitive verb
1. : to perform sinfully
< there remains so much to be sinned and suffered in the world — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
2. archaic : to drive by sinning
< we have sinned him hence — John Dryden >
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- sin one's mercies
III.
variant of syne
IV. \ˈsēn also ˈsin\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Hebrew śin
1. : the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet — symbol שׂ; see alphabet table
2. : the letter corresponding to Hebrew sin in the Phoenician or in any of various other Semitic alphabets
V. abbreviation
1. sine
2. [Latin sinistra] left hand |