sanctify
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If something is sanctified by a priest or other holy person, the priest or holy person officially approves of it, or declares it to be holy. 宣布...是圣潔的; 正式批準[usu passive]
She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified. 她試圖對她未被教會批準的婚姻加以修正。
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sanctify /?s??kt??fa?/ (sanctifying,sanctified,sanctifies)
劍橋詞典
- formal
to make an event or place holy
使神圣化，使圣潔化
to make something socially or officially acceptable
使合法化；批準；認可
a practice sanctified by many years of tradition 多年的傳統(tǒng)所認可的做法 返回 sanctify