Sanctuary
['sæŋ(k)tjʊərɪ] or ['sæŋktʃuɛri]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
(n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.
(n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.
(n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.
(n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
伊丽莎白編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Sacred or holy place, consecrated spot, holy ground, SANCTUM SANCTORUM, Holy of Holies.[2]. Temple, church, place of worship, consecrated building.[3]. Asylum, refuge, shelter.
整理:斯图
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Shrine, {[adytumasy % asyurn]?}, asyurn, refuge, security, protection,inviolability
ANT:Pitfall, trap, snare, betrayal, violation, extradition
手打:温迪
例句/造句/用法:
- I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I was never unmindful of Agnes, and she never left that sanctuary in my thoughts--if I may call it so--where I had placed her from the first. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Not so, answered Fitzurse; I will take sanctuary in this church of Saint Peter--the Archbishop is my sworn brother. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Conscious of his own innocence, he did not endeavour to hide himself when the door of the workhouse, his sanctuary, was breaking open. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I devote you, said this person, stopping at the last door on his way, and turning in the direction of the sanctuary, to the Devil! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Sir Leicester considers himself evoked out of the sanctuary by these remarks. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- They were rapidly overhauling us when Tars Tarkas cried to me to hasten ahead and discover, if possible, the sanctuary we sought. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It was as if the tranquil sanctuary of my boyhood had been sacked before my face, and its peace and honour given to the winds. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The sanctuary was not a permanent abiding-place, but a kind of criminal Pickford's. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In spite of the character of Mecca as a sanctuary, he was very nearly murdered there. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Sir Leicester has magnificently disengaged himself from the subject and retired into the sanctuary of his blue coat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I have a place to repair to, which will be a secure sanctuary from hateful reminiscences, from unwelcome intrusion--even from falsehood and slander. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Monseigneur was in his inner room, his sanctuary of sanctuaries, the Holiest of Holiests to the crowd of worshippers in the suite of rooms without. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Nor did I pause till I had taken sanctuary in the oratory, now empty. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She comes out of the sanctuary with a fair old-fashioned curtsy and softly shuts the door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Monseigneur was in his inner room, his sanctuary of sanctuaries, the Holiest of Holiests to the crowd of worshippers in the suite of rooms without. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
整理:泰丝