sanctity
美音:
[´sæŋktıtı
]英音:
[´sæŋktıtı
]n.圣洁
难易程度:
sanctity为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:sanctities
词根
sacr,sanct,secr=sacred(神圣的)
sanctity
/'sæŋktətɪ; `sæŋktətɪ/
n [U] holiness; sacredness 神圣; 庄严
*She gives us a living example of sanctity. 她给我们树立了一个圣洁的活榜样.
* the sanctity of an oath 誓约的严肃性.
sanctity
n[U][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin: saincteté, from
Latin sanctitas, from sanctus;
SAINT]
the sanctity of life/marriage etcthe quality that makes life, marriage etc so important that it must be respected and preserved
the sanctity of the Constitutionformal the holy or religious character of a person or place
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sacred an aura of sanctity