| 单词 | dispensation |
| 释义 | dispensation n. 1. a the act or an instance of dispensing or distributing. b (foll. by with) the state of doing without (a thing). c something distributed. 2. (usu. foll. by from) a exemption from a penalty or duty; an instance of this. b exemption from a religious observance; an instance of this. 3. a religious or political system obtaining in a nation etc. (the Christian dispensation). 4. a the ordering or management of the world by Providence. b a specific example of such ordering (of a community, a person, etc.). Derivatives dispensational adj. Etymology: ME f. OF dispensation or L dispensatio (as DISPENSE) |
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