saints

英 [seɪnts]

美 [seɪnts]

n.  (因其言行而被基督教会追封的)圣人，圣徒; 圣人般的人(指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人)
saint的复数

柯林斯词典

The title is usually pronounced /sənt/. 用作头衔时通常读作 /sənt/。


• N-COUNT; N-TITLE (基督教正式追封的)圣徒，圣人
  Asaintis someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
  1. Every parish was named after a saint.
     每个教区都以某位圣徒的名字命名。
  2. ...Saint John.
     圣约翰
• N-COUNT 至善的人;极有耐心的人;道德高尚的人;圣人般的人
  If you refer to a living person as asaint, you mean that they are extremely kind, patient, and unselfish.
  1. My girlfriend is a saint to put up with me.
     能够忍受我，我的女朋友真的很有耐心。

双语例句

• Churches need leaders who chart the course and equip the saints.
  教会需要制定课程和装备圣人的领袖。
• Love the Lord, all his saints!
  耶和华的圣民哪，你们都要爱他。
• It was taught that Christ and some of the saints had achieved more than perfect obedience.
  据说，基督和一些圣人已经获得了彻底的顺从。
• But that is what most saints and monks believe.
  但是这就是多数圣人和僧人们所相信的。
• Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
  圣徒的忍耐和信心，就是在此。
• Hey Sinners and saints answer the nature's call!
  嘿罪人和圣人回答大自然的呼唤！
• The poets and "saints" of medieval bhakti appeared throughout India.
  中世纪的巴克提诗人和圣人遍布了印度。
• To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
  要在他们身上施行所记录的审判。他的圣民都有这荣耀。
• Men are not saints; how can they be free from faults?
  人非圣贤，孰能无过？
• And people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.
  并且装扮成圣徒、天使和魔鬼。