sacred adj.神圣得。
(辨析)指與上帝、神或宗教有關,因而是神圣而不容褻瀆得,也可表示被普遍視為神圣及深受尊重得。
(例證)A church is a sacred building.
教堂是神圣得建筑物。
In India the cow is considered sacred.
在印度,牛是神得動物。
What is sacred to you?
對你來說什么是神圣得?
divine adj.神得,神圣得。
(辨析)指近日于神或上帝得,或與神或上帝有關得,強調非人世間所有得。
(例證)divine power/peace
神力/天賜得和平
They were not human any more, but two spirits united by a divine fire.
他們已不再是凡人,而是由神火融合在一起得兩個精靈。
These people believed that the civil war was a divine punishment.
那些人認為內戰是上天得懲罰。
holy adj.神圣得。
(辨析)指與上帝或某一宗教有關得,可與sacred換用。
(例證)This is a holy/sacred place to them.
對他們來說,這里是一處圣地。
They believe in the miraculous power of holy/sacred relics.
他人相信圣物得神奇力量。