commandment

pronunciation

UK [kəˈmɑ:ndmənt]word uk audio image

US [kəˈmændmənt] word us audio image

  • n.
    戒条

Word Origin

commandment 诫律

来自command, 命令。后用于宗教术语。

Example

1. The fourth commandment tells us to remember the sabbath .
第四条戒律告诉我们要记住安息日。
2. The usual english rendering of this commandment is a mistranslation .
一般对于这条戒律的英文翻译是个误译。
3. I give you a new commandment : that you should love one another .
我给你一条新的戒律:你得爱上另外一个人。
4. They call it ronald reagan 's 11th commandment : never speak ill of a fellow republican .
他们称之为罗纳德里根的第十一条戒律:永不诋毁共和党同事。
5. We keep part of the commandment and never rise enough to get our tails off the ground .
我们只遵从部分戒律,因此永远不会飞得足够高,使尾巴远离地面。

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