saint
saint 英 [seɪnt] 美 [sent]
n. 圣人；圣徒；道德崇高的人 adj. 神圣的 vt. 成为圣徒
进行时:sainting 过去式:sainted 过去分词:sainted 第三人称单数:saints 名词复数:saints
- A saint is a person who is very holy — or just very good. If you gave all your money away to charity, some people might consider you a saint.
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- n. 圣人；圣徒；道德崇高的人
- adj. 神圣的
- vt. 成为圣徒
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1. Not all could saint.
并非所有人都能像圣徒那样生活。
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2. He would have been a saint, but within a decade we shall have him.
他本可以成为一名圣徒，但是，不出十年我们就可以得到他了。
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3. But as a saint of our times has said, every day we are called to do small things with great love.
但是，正如我们时代的一位圣人所言，每一天我们都被召唤带着挚爱去做一些小事情。
- saint (n.) early 12c., from Old French saint, seinte "a saint; a holy relic," displacing or altering Old English sanct, both from Latin sanctus "holy, consecrated" (used as a noun in Late Latin; also source of Spanish santo, santa, Italian san, etc.), properly past participle of sancire "consecrate" (see sacred). Adopted into most Germanic languages (Old Frisian sankt, Dutch sint, German Sanct).
- saint (v.) "to enroll (someone) among the saints," late 14c., from saint (n.). Related: Sainted; sainting.
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