saint
n. 圣人般的人(指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人); 圣…(冠于人名、地名之前); (因其生死言行而被基督教会追封的)圣人; 圣徒
A saint is someone who has died and been officially recognized and honoured by the Christian church because his or her life was a perfect example of the way Christians should live.
Every parish was named after a saint.
每个教区都以某位圣徒的名字命名。
...Saint John.
圣约翰
If you refer to a living person as a saint, you mean that they are extremely kind, patient, and unselfish.
My girlfriend is a saint to put up with me.
能够忍受我,我的女朋友真的很有耐心。
1. a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
2. person of exceptional holiness
3. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
1. hold sacred
2. in the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint;
my sainted aunt
见 aunt
This tradition can be traced to legends about Saint Nicholas.
这个传统来源于圣·尼古拉斯的传说.
A particularly influential A Visit from Saint Nicholas by Clement Moore in 1823.
卡乐门摩尔于1823年所写的“圣尼可拉斯的拜访”这本书对于圣诞老人的传说有著举足轻重的影响力.
That history puts a saint in every dream.
那段历史把一个圣徒带进每一个梦中.
He could be proclaimed a saint by the turn of the Millennium.
他可能会在千禧年之交被正式宣布为圣徒.
He passed Saint Joseph's, National school.
他从圣约瑟公立小学跟前走过去.