Martyrdom
['mɑːtədəm] or ['mɑrtɚdəm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause.
編輯:莉莉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
(n.) Affliction; torment; torture.
欧文校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Confession
ANT:Renegation, abjuration
艾丽萨校對
例句/造句/用法:
- A martyrdom was before me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- No: such a martyrdom would be monstrous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I thought, my dear, that perhaps your face might--' 'My face might be a martyrdom, but what would that import, or who should know it, if I smiled? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She rose, and in rising, looked for the first time towards the little room in which my martyrdom was going on. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I suspect that you have some false belief in the virtues of misery, and want to make your life a martyrdom. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is estimated that seventy thousand Christians suffered martyrdom in this place. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And it is not martyrdom to pay bills that one has run into one's self, said Mrs. Cadwallader. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You should read history--look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Deeply as I have sinned, I have led a life of martyrdom to atone for it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- And then I met my martyrdom, with the spirit of a primitive Christian. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I waited, inspired by HER spirit, for a repetition of HER martyrdom. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- She was no longer the reckless, defiant creature whom I had heard and seen, on the occasion of my martyrdom in Montagu Square. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- What do men know about women's martyrdoms? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
錄入:费尔普斯