【Consecration】 - A-level备考词汇

Consecration

UK:  [ˌkɒnsɪ'kreɪʃ(ə)n]

n.

1.献祭;奉献

2.神圣化

3.献身

4.授(圣)职

1 . Shall we not ask to be bound to it, the we may never be able to start back from our attitude of consecration?
我们不是要请求绳索把我们拴在祭坛上，使我们永远不把我们的奉献拿回来吗？

2 . All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead.
在他献身于上主的整个时期内，凡有死人的地方，不可走进。

3 . The war was over, and Memorial Day had been founded by African-Americans in a ritual of remembrance and consecration.
战争结束了，但非裔美国人让阵亡纪念日变成怀念和献祭的惯例。

4 . And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
他又奉上第二只公绵羊，就是承接圣职之礼的羊，亚伦和他儿子按手在羊的头上。

5 . Easter Monday is usually regarded as an unofficial consecration of spring.
我们通常把复活节次日看作是对春季的非正式献祭。