Apostolic
[,æpə'stɒlɪk] or [,æpə'stɑlɪk]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Alt. of Apostolical
(n.) A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
編輯:桑德拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Practically I find that what is called being apostolic now, is an impatience of everything in which the parson doesn't cut the principal figure. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He put in for me, with a zeal that was quite apostolic. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Documents of various kinds, including gospels and apostolic epistles, circulated widely. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- My uncle says that Mr. Tyke is spoken of as an apostolic man, said Dorothea, meditatively. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- That apostolic passion that could win whole nations to the Kingdom of Heaven was dead in the church. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Besides, an apostolic man at Lowick! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- An apostolic man, I believe--the sort of thing that would suit you, my dear. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I don't pretend to say that Farebrother is apostolic, said Lydgate. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
編輯:桑德拉