Testament
['testəm(ə)nt] or ['tɛstəmənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a profession of belief; 'he stated his political testament'.
(noun.) either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible.
(noun.) strong evidence for something; 'his easy victory was a testament to his skill'.
乔纳森手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.
(n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
乔安妮手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Will, last will and testament.
校對:诺琳
解釋/意思:
n. that which testifies or in which an attestation is made: the solemn declaration in writing of one's will: a will: a dispensation as of the Mosaic or old and the Christian or new one of the two great divisions of the Bible.—n. Tes′tacy state of being testate.—adjs. Testamen′tal Testamen′tary pertaining to a testament or will: bequeathed or done by will.—adv. Testamen′tarily.—adj. Tes′tāte having made and left a will.—ns. Testā′tion a witnessing a giving by will; Testā′tor one who leaves a will;—fem. Testā′trix; Testā′tum one of the clauses of an English deed enumerating the operative words of transfer statement of consideration money &c.
整理:彼得
例句/造句/用法:
- I read among my notes, now, with a new interest, some sentences from an edition of 1621 of the Apocryphal New Testament. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I mistook the chapter, and book, and Testament--gospel for law, Acts for Genesis, the city of Jerusalem for the plain of Shinar. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The friend in whose house he was located witnessed his testament. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He was in dreadful earnest and made me swear, with my hands on the Testament, that whatever happened I would always be true to him. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- They thought Jesus was a rebel against the cruelty of the God of the Old Testament, and not his harmonious son. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- See and do that; and take out the topmost paper--Last Will and Testament--big printed. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The rich man, who had in a manner revised the New Testament, and already entered into the kingdom of Heaven. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Joseph is one of the truly great men of the Old Testament. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Iron, somewhat more refractory, appeared later, but it also has an early history, and is mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible (Genesis iv. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This modern town--Tiberias--is only mentioned in the New Testament; never in the Old. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And even then, dear boy, said he, pulling a greasy little clasped black Testament out of his pocket, we'll have him on his oath. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Cyril Hall, on his part, also placed a sprig in safety between the leaves of a pocket Testament. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of his inheritance; a testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- But before I go I want to make my last will and testament--I want to leave you the Brys. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The ‘Biblia Pauperum’ means ‘Bible for the Poor,’ and is a series of scenes from the Old and New Testaments. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
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