benediction

英 [ˌbenɪˈdɪkʃn]

美 [ˌbenɪˈdɪkʃn]

n.  (基督教的)祝福，祝祷

复数：benedictions　

GRETEM8

BNC.23726 / COCA.21353

牛津词典

noun

• （基督教的）祝福，祝祷
  a Christian prayer of blessing

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （基督教的）祝福，赐福祈祷
  Abenedictionis a kind of Christian prayer.
  1. The minister pronounced the benediction...
     牧师做了赐福祈祷。
  2. The Pope's hands were raised in benediction.
     教皇举起手来祝祷。
• N-VAR 祝福
  You can refer to something that makes people feel protected and at peace as abenediction.
  1. She could only raise her hand in a gesture of benediction...
     她只得举起手来做了一个祝福的手势。
  2. The song hovered, like a whispered benediction, above the crowd.
     歌声缭绕在人群上方，如同低声祝福。

英英释义

noun

• the act of praying for divine protection
  Synonym:blessing
• a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
  Synonym:blessing

双语例句

• O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names like Krsna and Govinda.
  主啊！只是祢的圣名便能沐生物以福祉，因此，祢有千万如奎师那或哥文达那样的名字。
• I conferred my benediction to you when you left.
  当你离开的时候，我向你祝福。
• Yet, even confining the judgment within the hour of this life, it is true that God never touches the heart with a trial without intending to bring upon it some grander gift, some tenderer benediction.
  我们就是只说今生，也知道神从来不单给我们一个试炼，而不带一些更大的恩赐、更大的祝福，来给我们的。
• Then the father with deep reverence, and a devout eye alternating between the pill and heaven, lifted his voice in a benediction.
  接着父亲毕恭毕敬地高声谢主赐恩，虔诚的眼睛一会儿盯着小丸子，一会儿仰视上天。
• The minister pronounced the benediction
  牧师做了赐福祈祷。
• The priest pronounced a benediction over the couple at the end of the marriage ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Owne are newly married.
  牧师在婚礼结束时为新婚夫妇祈求上帝赐福。欧文夫妇新近才结的婚。
• Encourages me to offer up my ardent supplications that He will continue to make our beloved country the object of His divine care and gracious benediction.
  这鼓励我热情地请求他将继续把我们可爱的国家作为他神圣关切及和蔼祝福的对象。
• Sending you a bunch of benediction, and blessing you from bottom of my heart.
  送去一束祝福，以最诚挚的心对你切切祝愿。
• During the financial crisis, the group of developing economies that received the Fed's benediction in the form of dollar swap lines was highly selective.
  金融危机期间，那些受到美联储美元互换协议恩惠的发展中经济体都是经过千挑万选的。
• The song hovered, like a whispered benediction, above the crowd.
  歌声缭绕在人群上方，如同低声祝福。