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单词 original sin
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
original sin, 
    1. Religion[Theol.]
      • Religiona depravity, or tendency to evil, held to be innate in humankind and transmitted from Adam to the race in consequence of his sin.
      • Religioninclination to evil, inherent in human nature.
    2. Religion[Rom. Cath. Theol.]the privation of sanctifying grace in consequence of the sin of Adam.
    • 1300–50; Middle English; translation of Medieval Latin peccātum orīgināle

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
original sin n
  1. a state of sin held to be innate in mankind as the descendants of Adam
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