Martyr
['mɑːtə] or ['mɑrtɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) one who suffers for the sake of principle.
(noun.) one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion.
(verb.) torture and torment like a martyr.
(verb.) kill as a martyr; 'Saint Sebastian was martyred'.
手打:威特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
(n.) Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.
(v. t.) To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
(v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.
錄入:威廉敏娜
解釋/意思:
n. one who by his death bears witness to the truth: one who suffers for his belief: one who suffers greatly from any cause.—v.t. to put to death for one's belief.—n. Mar′tyrdom state of being a martyr: the sufferings or death of a martyr: torment generally.—v.t. Mar′tyrise (Browning) to offer as a sacrifice: to cause to suffer martyrdom.—adj. Martyrolog′ical.—ns. Martyrol′ogist; Martyrol′ogy a history of martyrs: a discourse on martyrdom.
編輯:威尔玛
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of martyrs, denotes that false friends, domestic unhappiness and losses in affairs which concern you most. To dream that you are a martyr, signifies the separation from friends, and enemies will slander you.
手打:列侬
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.
手打:米格尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Sir Morbury Dedlock, says Mrs. Rouncewell, was, I have no occasion to say, on the side of the blessed martyr. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- By the scallop-shell of Compostella, I will make a martyr of him, if he loiters here to hatch treason among my domestics! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He would abandon a hero's or a martyr's end gladly. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- To whom could the poor little martyr tell these daily struggles and tortures? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Old Sedley forgot these charges as he was making up his last account, and did justice to the gentle and uncomplaining little martyr. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It's perfectly maddening to think of those lovely limes, sighed Amy, with the air of a martyr. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- We have seen pictures of martyrs enough, and saints enough, to regenerate the world. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- A matinee for the little folks is promised for this afternoon, on which occasion several martyrs will be eaten by the tigers. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- All who know us are aware that although we are at times justly severe upon tigers and martyrs, we never intentionally offend gladiators. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But Howe’s life was a fight, and his triumph that of one of the great martyrs of invention. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Here and there, on the fronts of roadside inns, we found huge, coarse frescoes of suffering martyrs like those in the shrines. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Fourth--Some twelve or fifteen canonized Popes and martyrs. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He was martyred, I think. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- She found it in this very spot, close to where the martyred Roman soldier stood. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He would abandon a hero's or a martyr's end gladly. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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