consecrate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they consecrate | |
| he / she / it consecrates | |
| past simple consecrated | |
| past participle consecrated | |
| -ing form consecrating |
- consecrate something
to state officially in a religious ceremony that something is holy and can be used for religious purposes 祝圣；圣化；奉献 - consecrate something
(in Christian belief 基督教信仰 to make bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ 祝圣饼酒；成圣体 - consecrate somebody (as) (something)
to state officially in a religious ceremony that somebody is now a priest, etc. 祝圣神职人员 He was consecrated (as) bishop last year. 他于去年被祝圣为主教。
- consecrate something/somebody/yourself to something (formal)
to give something/somebody/yourself to a special purpose, especially a religious one （尤指为宗教而）奉献，献身 She consecrated her life to God. 她把自己的生命奉献给上帝。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin consecrat- ‘dedicated, devoted as sacred’, from the verb consecrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + sacrare ‘dedicate’, from sacer ‘sacred’.