来自词根bapt, 浸。指一种基督教或其它宗教的重要仪式。见baptism of fire, 战火洗礼。
英文词源
baptism (n.)
c. 1300, bapteme, from Old French batesme, bapteme (11c., Modern French baptême), from Latin baptismus, from Greek baptismos, noun of action from baptizein (see baptize). The -s- restored in later 14c.
Figurative sense is from late 14c. The Anglo-Saxons used fulluht in this sense (John the Baptist was Iohannes se Fulluhtere). Phrase baptism of fire "a soldier's first experience of battle" (1857) translates French baptême de feu; the phrase originally was ecclesiastical Greek baptisma pyros and meant "the grace of the Holy Spirit as imparted through baptism." Later it was used of martyrdom, especially by burning.
双语例句
1. All the family attended the baptism of the first grandchild.
家庭所有成员都参加了第一个孙子的洗礼仪式.
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2. The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.
基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法.
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3. That was my baptism into weather wisdom.
那是我第一次预测天气.
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4. It was Mark's first introduction to royal duties and he came through his baptism of fire unscathed.
这是马克第一次承担皇室的工作，但他经受住了严峻的考验。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Baptism is one of the sacraments in the Christian Church.