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sacred

adjective
 
🔊/ˈseɪkrɪd/
🔊/ˈseɪkrɪd/
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  1.  
    connected with God or a god; considered to be holy上帝的；神的；神圣的
    • a sacred image/shrine/temple圣像；圣地；圣殿
    • sacred music圣乐
    • Cows are sacred to Hindus.印度教徒认为牛是神圣的。🔊🔊
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    • The place was sacred to the Apaches.这个地方被阿帕切人视为圣地。
    • the feeling that all life should be held sacred认为一切生命均神圣不可侵犯的看法
    • a sacred image/​grove圣像；神树林
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • remain
    • …
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • almost
    preposition
    • to
    phrases
    • sacred and profane
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  2.  
    very important and treated with great respect; that must not be changed or challenged 受尊重的；受崇敬的synonym sacrosanct
    • Human life must always be sacred.人的生命在任何时候都必须得到尊重。🔊🔊
    • For journalists nothing is sacred (= they write about anything).在记者眼里，没什么是不可诉诸笔端的。🔊🔊
    • Some companies offer five-year plans but there is nothing sacred about this length of time (= it can be changed).一些公司提供了五年计划，但是在这段时间里没有什么神圣的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • remain
    • …
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • almost
    preposition
    • to
    phrases
    • sacred and profane
    See full entry
    More Like This Adjectives ending in –ed pronounced /-ɪd/Adjectives ending in –ed pronounced /-ɪd/
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: past participle of archaic sacre ‘consecrate’, from Old French sacrer, from Latin sacrare, from sacer, sacr- ‘holy’.