基本释义
vt. 任命某人为牧师；授某人以圣职；（上帝、法律等）命令；注定
vi. 颁布命令
星级词汇
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助记提示
order命令。
ordain颁发命令。
英文词源
ordain 授予圣职，授予圣秩
来自拉丁语ordinare,安排，布置，指定，词源同order.引申词义安排职位，授予圣职或圣秩。
深度学习
ordain (or DANE) This verb has a religious meaning—“to invest with ministerial authority,” but it also has a secular meaning. When something is “ordained,” it is “ordered by virtue of a superior authority.” It’s mean-ing is quite close to “mandate.”
- The Preamble to the Constitution states that “the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
- Having completed his course work at seminary school, Joseph was ordained as a Protestant minister.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
ordain（或DANE）这个动词有宗教含义——“投资于部长权力”，但它也有世俗含义。当某件事被“任命”时，它是“由上级权威下令的”。这意味着ing相当接近“授权”
- 《宪法》序言指出，“美国人民，为了组建一个更完美的联盟……为美利坚合众国制定并确立本宪法。”
- 约瑟夫在神学院完成了他的课程工作后，被任命为新教牧师
