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consecrate sth to sb/sth
表示将某物（如生命、时间）献给神圣的目的或人。
He consecrated his life to the service of God.
他将自己的一生奉献给了上帝的事业。
使神圣；奉为神圣
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使神圣；奉为神圣
to make something holy or declare it holy, especially in a religious ceremony
He consecrated his life to the service of God.
他将自己的一生奉献给了上帝的事业。
宣告某物为神圣,或通过某种仪式使其神圣
To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
任命担任神职
appoint to a clerical posts
祝圣为主教
To ordain as a bishop.
把......完全奉献给特定的人、活动或事业
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
consecrate
Base
原形
consecrates
3rd person
第三人称单数
consecrating
-ing
现在分词
consecrated
Past
过去式
consecrated
Past participle
过去分词
He consecrates his life to charity.
他将一生奉献给慈善事业。
They consecrated the new church last Sunday.
他们上周日祝圣了新教堂。
常规变化
The ancient ceremony consecrates the temple to the gods.
古老的仪式将这座神庙奉献给众神。
AI contextual example
She consecrated her life to helping the poor.
她将一生奉献给帮助穷人。
AI contextual example
The priest consecrated the bread and wine during the Mass.
神父在弥撒中祝圣了饼和酒。
AI contextual example
consecrate your life to the church
把你的生命奉献给教会。
WordNet
表示将某物（如生命、时间）献给神圣的目的或人。
He consecrated his life to the service of God.
他将自己的一生奉献给了上帝的事业。
常用于宗教任命仪式。
The archbishop consecrated him as bishop.
大主教任命他为主教。
表示使某物神圣化，通常指教堂、墓地等。
The new church was consecrated in 1890.
这座新教堂于1890年被祝圣。
Not this
The church is consecrate.
Use this
The church is consecrated.
“consecrate” 是动词原形，不能直接作形容词；应使用过去分词 “consecrated” 表示状态。
Not this
He consecrated his life for helping the poor.
Use this
He consecrated his life to helping the poor.
动词 “consecrate” 表示“奉献”时，搭配介词 “to”，而非 “for”，以指明奉献的对象或目的。
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祝圣教堂
The archbishop will consecrate the new church this Sunday.
大主教将于本周日祝圣新教堂。
祝圣主教
He was consecrated bishop of the diocese in 2015.
他于2015年被祝圣为该教区主教。
献身于；致力于
They consecrated themselves to the cause of peace.
他们献身于和平事业。
把一生奉献给
She consecrated her life to caring for the sick.
她把一生奉献给照料病人。
祝圣饼酒（圣餐中的饼和酒）
The priest consecrated the bread and wine at the altar.
神父在祭坛上祝圣了饼和酒。
但是，从更广泛的意义上说，我们无法奉献、无法祝圣、无法使这片土地神圣化。
From Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863). Lincoln says that the brave soldiers who fought here have already consecrated the ground far beyond what the living can add to or detract from.
出自亚伯拉罕·林肯的《葛底斯堡演说》（1863年）。林肯说，在这里战斗过的勇士们已经使这片土地神圣化，其程度远非生者所能增添或减低。
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将 consecrate 记为 con + secrate，联想 sacred（神圣的），就能记住“使神圣；奉献”。
语域：formal 常见场景：religious ceremonies、formal writing and speeches、ordination services 该词通常用于宗教仪式或庄重场合，表示“使神圣”、“祝圣”或“庄严奉献”；多出现在正式文本中，日常口语中比较少见。
及物动词，后接宾语。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.