Consecrate

(verb.) render holy by means of religious rites.

整理:威廉

• We must consecrate that which we believe to be the most holy, and that 'which is the most holy will be the most useful. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Consecrate your existence to the recollection of James Steerforth's tenderness--he would have made you his serving-man's wife, would he not? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I propose to consecrate this little retreat, by having a ceremony in which I take a great interest, performed there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Let the day therefore be fixed; and on it I will consecrate myself, in life or death, to the happiness of my cousin. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• To thee neither hands buildnor lips consecrate: but hearts, through ages, are faithful to thy worship. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life, and my endeavours for contentment. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mon amie, said he, none knows what I have done save you and myself: the pleasure is consecrated to us two, unshared and unprofaned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He soon returned, bringing a plate in his own consecrated hand. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Père Silas _did_ say that his vocation was almost that of a priest--that his life was considered consecrated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Is this place of abomination consecrated ground? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It was not priestly, it had no consecrated temple and no altar. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I consecrated my future life, to the embalming of her dear memory; I vowed to serve her brother and her child till death. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

录入:罗莎莉