verb

ordain

授予聖職, 命令, 注定

The church will ordain him as a priest.

教會將授予他神父的聖職。

The law ordains that all citizens must pay taxes.

法律規定所有公民都必須納稅。

Fate seemed to ordain that they would meet again.

命運似乎註定了他們會再次相遇。

((sb.)) ((as sth.)) 授予(某人)(某職位). The church will ordain him as a priest.

((that ...)) (法律或命運)規定... The law ordains that all citizens must pay taxes.

Synonyms: decree, command, appoint, destine

源自拉丁語「ordinare」,意為「整理,任命」。與「order」(命令,順序)有關。

可以把「ordain」想像成下達一個官方「order」(命令),讓某人成為牧師,或者註定某事會發生。

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