devout
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
源自中古英语 devout、devot，源自古法语 devot（法语dévot），源自拉丁语 dēvōtus，dēvōveō的过去分词。devote的同源对似词。
发音[编辑]
形容词[编辑]
devout (比较级 devouter 或 more devout，最高级 devoutest 或 most devout)
- 虔诚的
- 近义词： pious
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 10:2:
- a devout man, and one that feared God
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- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:
- We must be constant and devout in the worship of our God.
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- 2002, Dru C. Gladney, “Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community”, 出自 China Off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC，页号 109:
- I first became aware of changing Hui-Han social dynamics in the village from a discussion with one of the Han villagers in Team 1. She explained: “Since 1979, we have had less and less social contact with the Hui in the other teams. There are no problems between us, but the Hui are more devout [qian-cheng] now and less willing to come to our homes and visit or borrow tools. We raise pigs in our yards and eat pork, so they are afraid it will influence their religion [yingxiang tamende jiaomen]."
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- 有关使用本词的更多用例，请参阅Citations:devout。
- (古旧) 表现出虔诚的
- devout sighs; devout eyes; a devout posture
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- 真挚的，衷心的
- devout wishes for one's welfare
- 衷心祝愿某人安康
名词[编辑]
devout (复数 devouts)
- (弃用) 虔诚信徒
- (弃用) 虔诚
参考资料[编辑]
- “devout”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
中古英语[编辑]
其他形式[编辑]
词源[编辑]
源自古法语 devot、devout，源自拉丁语 dēvōtus (“保证的，发誓的”)。
形容词[编辑]
devout
- 虔诚的
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue，行号s 21–22:
- Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage
To Caunterbury with ful devout corage,- Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
To Canterbury, full devout at heart,
- Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
- 神圣的
派生语汇[编辑]
参考资料[编辑]
- “dēvǒut, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.