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ordain

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vt.注定,规定,任命(牧师) vi.颁布命令

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名词:ordainer 动词过去式:ordained 过去分词:ordained 现在分词:ordaining 第三人称单数:ordains

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ordain


/ɔ:'deɪn; ɔr`den/
v
1 [Tn, Cn.n] make (sb) a priest or minister 任命(某人)为司铎、神父或牧师
*He was ordained priest last year. 去年授予他司铎一职.
2 [Tn, Tf] (fml 文) (of God, law, authority, fate, etc) order or command; decide in advance (指上帝、法律、权威、命运等)命令, 规定, 注定
*Fate had ordained that he should die in poverty. 命中注定他得死于贫困. =>Usage at decree 用法见decree.

ordain


v [T]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: ordener, from Latin ordinare 'to put in order', from ordo; ORDER1]
to officially make someone a priest or religious leader
ordination
 Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960.
ordain sb (as) sth
 The church voted to allow women to be ordained as priests.
formal to order that something should happen
ordain that
 The King ordained that deer should not be hunted without a royal licence.