Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #11835
ordain
授予圣职；任命（牧师）
核心释义
to make someone a priest, minister, or other religious leader in a ceremony
- 1.
不可更改地预先安排。
To prearrange unalterably.
- 2.
命令；颁布。
To decree.
- 3.
授予圣职；例如任命为神父、主教、牧师或佛教僧侣,或授权为拉比。
To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
- 4.
预先注定；命中注定。
To predestine.
颁布；正式命令；注定；预先决定；不可更改地预先安排。；命令；颁布。；授予圣职；例如任命为神父、主教、牧师或佛教僧侣,或授权为拉比。
用法In use
The bishop ordained him as a priest.
用法提示：此处 ordain 意为‘任命（神职）’，用作动词过去式。
She felt that fate had ordained their meeting.
用法提示：此处 ordain 意为‘注定’，用作过去完成时被动语态。
The law ordains that all citizens must pay taxes.
用法提示：此处 ordain 意为‘规定’，用作现在时第三人称单数。
ordain sb (as) sth
常用被动语态，as可省略。
He was ordained a priest in 1990.
他于1990年被任命为牧师。
ordain sb to sth
to后接职位或机构。
She was ordained to the priesthood last year.
她去年被任命担任圣职。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- ordain someone as a priest
- 任命某人为神父；授予某人圣职
- The bishop ordained him as a priest in a solemn ceremony.主教在庄严的仪式中任命他为神父。
- ordain that
- 颁布命令；规定
- The king ordained that the tax be paid annually.国王规定每年缴纳税款。
- be ordained by fate
- 命中注定
- Their meeting seemed to be ordained by fate.他们的相遇似乎是命中注定的。
- ordain and establish
- 制定并确立（法律等）
- The constitution ordains and establishes the principles of justice.宪法制定并确立了公正的原则。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
ordain 以 ord 开头，像 order（命令）：主教下达命令赐予圣职；命运也像被预先下令，所以注定。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：宗教仪式、神职任命、教会文书 该词通常用于正式、庄重的场合，多出现在宗教语境中，表示“授予圣职（任命为牧师、神父等）”。口语中一般较少出现，多见于书面报道、教会文书或文学作品。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于被动结构，表示‘被任命为神职’；也可用作不及物动词表示‘颁布命令’。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all have the stressed sound /eɪn/, so they rhyme with ordain. Be careful: certain and mountain end with -ain but sound like /-ən/ in ordinary speech, so they do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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