Noun:
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian Goda clergyman or other person in religious orders
Adjective:
emanating from God;divine judgment
divine guidance
everything is black or white…satanic or godly
resulting from divine providence;providential care
a providential visitation
being or having the nature of a god;the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his…powers
the divine will
the divine capacity for love
'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create
devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity;divine worship
divine liturgy
appropriate to or befitting a god;the divine strength of Achilles
a man of godlike sagacity
man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods;her pies were simply divine
the divine Shakespeare
an elysian meal
an inspired performance
Verb:
perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powerssearch by divining, as if with a rod;He claimed he could divine underground water
sacred,divine,holy这些形容词均含“神圣的”之意。
sacred指由于是献给上帝或神的事物,因而是神圣的,不容亵渎;也指被普遍视为神圣不可侵犯的东西。
divine指来源于神或神有关,侧重神性;在现代英语中指绝妙或非人世所有的事物。
holy可与sacred换用,但holy侧重于内含一种神圣的本质,使之值得崇拜,通常具有传统、世袭或固有的性质。
14世纪进入英语,直接源自古法语的divin,意为神的。divine right神授的权力divine providence天意divining rod探矿杖divine cure心灵治疗divine service礼拜divine right of kings王权神授说…
近义词 pure纯的read识字lord君王guess推测holy神圣的deduce演绎great很好的godly敬神的predict预言discern辨别presume假定maker制造者sacred神圣的superb极好的forecast预测prophesy预言foretell预言discover发现lovely可爱的blessed神圣的godlike神似的creator创造者Elysian快乐的heavenly天上的anticipate预期almighty万能的terrific可怕的hallowed神圣的perceive注意到cleric神职人员excellent杰出的beautiful美丽的celestial天上的omnipotent全能的tremendous巨大的deific予以神化的inspired有创见的churchman国教教徒adorable值得崇敬的pleasing使人满意的ecclesiastic神职者providential幸运的marvelous令人惊异的exquisite精挑细选的delightful令人愉快的God Almighty全能的神Jehovah圣经耶和华指上帝…反义词 human人的animal动物
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
~+ n.It is the divine will.这是天意。
用作表语
S+be+~Jesus is believed by Christians to have been divine.基督教徒们相信耶稣是神。
You look simply divine.你看上去非常动人。
动词48%,形容词39%,名词13%
用作形容词In the Dragon Pond aredivinefish.可都是龙潭里的神鱼啊。
Her elegance and beauty was simplydivine.她高雅的气质和美丽的外表简直是上天的恩赐。
That play we saw last night was simplydivine!我们昨天晚上看的那出戏真是好极了!
To err is human,to forgive isdivine.犯错误是人之常情,宽恕才难能可贵。用作及物动词At last Idivinedthe truth.我终于看穿了事情的真相。
He claimed that he coulddivinethe future.他声称能预卜未来。用作不及物动词I don't believe that astrologers are able todivine.我不相信占星家能作预言。
He is too wealthy todivinefor money.他很富有,不会为了金钱而给人卜卦吧。
The nature of her errand he could notdivine.对于她为何而来,他无法推测。
Thisdivineserenity is deeply satisfying and far beyond our understanding.这神圣地宁静是深深满足我们也大大超越我们的理解的。用作名词He was selected to be adivinefor the church.他被选为教堂的牧师。
They were married by a Baptist minister, the firstdivinethey found convenient.他们结婚了,由一位浸礼会牧师主婚,这是他们所能找到的第一个合适的神职人员。
Theologians have feared that the very thought of evolution threatensdivineexplanations of the world.神学家们担心的恰是进化论思想对神之创造世界的解释的威胁。