devout
英 [d?'va?t]
美[d?'va?t]
- adj. 虔誠(chéng)的;衷心的
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?devoutly;
中文詞源
devout 虔誠(chéng)的
來(lái)自devote, 虔誠(chéng)的。
英文詞源
- devout
- devout: [13] Essentially, devout and devote [16] are the same word; they come from an identical source, but reached English along different routes. That source is dēvōtus, the past participle of Latin dēvovēre, which was a compound formed from the intensive prefix dē- and vovēre ‘promise’ (source of English vote and vow). This entered English originally via Old French devot as an adjective, and was then reborrowed directly from Latin in the 16th century as the basis for a verb.
=> devote, vote, vow - devout (adj.)
- early 13c., from Old French devot "pious, devoted, assiduous," from Latin devotus "given up by vow, devoted," past participle of devovere "dedicate by vow" (see devotion).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Both my parents were devout Anglicans.
- 我的父母都是虔誠(chéng)的圣公會(huì)教徒。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a devout Christian.
- 她是一個(gè)虔誠(chéng)的基督徒。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. She is a devout Roman Catholic.
- 她是虔誠(chéng)的天主教徒.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. His grandfather is a devout Buddhist.
- 他的爺爺是一個(gè)虔誠(chéng)的佛教徒.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. The devout man prayed daily.
- 那位虔誠(chéng)的男士每天都祈禱.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》