Saint

英 [seɪnt]

美 [seɪnt]

n.  (因其言行而被基督教会追封的)圣人，圣徒; 圣人般的人(指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人)

复数：saints　现在分词：sainting　过去式：sainted　第三人称单数：saints　过去分词：sainted　

CET4CET6考研TEM8计算机

Collins.3 / BNC.7596 / COCA.4582

牛津词典

noun

• （因其言行而被基督教会追封的）圣人，圣徒
  a person that the Christian Church recognizes as being very holy, because of the way they have lived or died
  1. St John
     圣约翰
  2. St Valentine's Day
     圣瓦伦廷节（情人节）
  3. The children were all named after saints.
     这些孩子都取了圣徒的名字。
• 圣人般的人（指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人）
  a very good, kind or patient person
  1. She's a saint to go on living with that man.
     能继续和那个男人一起生活，她简直是圣人。
  2. His behaviour would try the patience of a saint .
     他的行为就是再有修养的人也难以忍受。

柯林斯词典

The title is usually pronounced /sənt/. 用作头衔时通常读作 /sənt/。


• N-COUNT; N-TITLE (基督教正式追封的)圣徒，圣人
  Asaintis someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
  1. Every parish was named after a saint.
     每个教区都以某位圣徒的名字命名。
  2. ...Saint John.
     圣约翰
• N-COUNT 至善的人;极有耐心的人;道德高尚的人;圣人般的人
  If you refer to a living person as asaint, you mean that they are extremely kind, patient, and unselfish.
  1. My girlfriend is a saint to put up with me.
     能够忍受我，我的女朋友真的很有耐心。

英英释义

noun

• model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  Synonym:idealparagonnonpareilapotheosisnonesuchnonsuch
• person of exceptional holiness
  Synonym:holy manholy personangel
• a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

verb

• declare (a dead person) to be a saint
  1. After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized
  Synonym:canonizecanonise
• hold sacred
  Synonym:enshrine

双语例句

• They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
  他们又在营中嫉妒摩西，和耶和华的圣者亚伦。
• I guess I should head back to Saint louis.
  我想我该回圣路易市了。
• I had gone, the patron saint of the tree has been looking at you.
  在我走了以后，守护神一直在树旁看着你。
• I know that I am very bad. I am not a saint.
  我知道我很怀，但是我不是圣人。
• The Dutch developed a custom by which children put out shoes which Saint Nicholas would fill with gifts when he came visiting.
  荷兰人有一套自己的风俗，孩子们会将鞋子放在外面，圣诞老人到来时便会在里面装满礼品。
• Knock it off, if you are, then I am a saint.
  少来了，如果你是处男，我就是圣人了。
• My girlfriend is a saint to put up with me.
  能够忍受我，我的女朋友真的很有耐心。
• Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint
  不幸的是，公众把小说和现实混为一谈，把她当成了圣徒。
• Companion of St. Michael and St. George St. George is the Patron Saint of England.
  圣迈克尔和圣乔治三等勋章圣乔治是英格兰的守护神。
• Thanks, Tom. You're a saint.
  太感谢了，汤姆。你真是圣人。