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sanctify sth
及物动词，宾语为具体地点或物品时通常表示‘使神圣、祝圣’。
The bishop sanctified the new chapel with holy water.
主教用圣水祝圣了这座新的小教堂。
使神圣；祝圣；奉为神圣
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
使神圣；祝圣；奉为神圣
To make holy or set apart for sacred use; consecrate.
The bishop sanctified the new chapel with holy water.
主教用圣水祝圣了这座新的小教堂。
使神圣；奉献；为神圣或仪式用途留出。
To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
通过宗教仪式使神圣化
render holy by means of religious rites
免除罪孽；净化。
To free from sin; to purify.
使纯净或无罪
make pure or free from sin or guilt
sanctify
Base
原形
sanctifies
3rd person
第三人称单数
sanctifying
-ing
现在分词
sanctified
Past
过去式
sanctified
Past participle
过去分词
The priest sanctifies the bread and wine during the service.
牧师在仪式中使饼和酒圣化。
They sanctified the ground before building the temple.
他们在建造寺庙前使这块地圣洁。
The ritual has sanctified the entire community.
这一仪式已使整个社群得到净化。
规则动词，过去式与过去分词均为 sanctified；第三人称单数加 -es。
The priest sanctified the bread and wine during the Sunday service.
牧师在周日礼拜中祝圣了饼和酒。
Water for the ritual must be sanctified before it can be used.
仪式所用的水必须先祝圣才能使用。
They believe that sincere prayer sanctifies the home.
他们相信真诚的祈祷能使家变得圣洁。
及物动词，宾语为具体地点或物品时通常表示‘使神圣、祝圣’。
The bishop sanctified the new chapel with holy water.
主教用圣水祝圣了这座新的小教堂。
介词 for 引出宗教或仪式目的。
They sanctified this field for the annual harvest ceremony.
他们为一年一度的丰收仪式祝圣了这块田地。
被动结构常用来表示‘经宗教或传统认可而具有正当性’。
Such customs were sanctified by long tradition.
这类习俗因悠久传统而被视为正当。
Not this
The priest sanctified the bread holy.
Use this
The priest sanctified the bread.
sanctify 本身即表示“使……神圣/祝圣”，不能再接 holy 作宾语补足语；若要说“使……神圣”，可用 make the bread holy。
Not this
The water was sanctify by the bishop.
Use this
The water was sanctified by the bishop.
被动语态中 must 用过去分词 sanctified（was + 过去分词），不能用动词原形 sanctify。
Not this
This is a sanctify place.
Use this
This is a sanctified place.
修饰名词表示“被祝圣的”时，要用过去分词 sanctified 作形容词，不能直接用动词原形 sanctify。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使安息日神圣；守安息日为圣
They believe it is a commandment to sanctify the Sabbath and keep it holy.
他们认为守安息日为圣并保持其圣洁是一条诫命。
尊主为圣；将主奉为神圣
In their prayers, they sanctify the Lord and acknowledge His holiness.
在祷告中，他们尊主为圣，承认祂的圣洁。
使婚姻神圣化；祝福婚姻
The priest performed a ceremony to sanctify their marriage.
牧师举行了一个仪式来祝福他们的婚姻。
使灵魂洁净；净化心灵
Through fasting and repentance, she hoped to sanctify her soul.
通过禁食和忏悔，她希望净化自己的灵魂。
目的使手段正当化
Some politicians believe that the end sanctifies the means, but others reject that view.
一些政客认为目的使手段正当化，但其他人反对这种观点。
求你用真理使他们成圣；你的道就是真理。
From John 17:17 in the King James Version of the Bible, spoken by Jesus as a prayer for his disciples before his crucifixion.
出自钦定版圣经《约翰福音》17章17节，是耶稣在受难前为门徒所作的祷告。
Use sanctify naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
sanctify 里 sanct 像 saint（圣人），-fy 表示‘使…’，联想：使物品如圣人般纯净，即‘使神圣、祝圣’。
语域：formal 常见场景：religious ceremonies、formal writing sanctify 是正式用词，多用于宗教或正式书面语境，表示‘使神圣’或‘祝圣’。日常口语中较少出现。
这些词都含有相同的后缀 -ify，读作 /əfaɪ/（或 /faɪ/），与目标词 sanctify /ˈsæŋktəfaɪ/ 的结尾发音一致：justify、testify、rectify、classify、pacify。注意 sanctity /ˈsæŋktəti/ 拼写相近（sanct- + -ity），但结尾发 /ti/，与 -ify 的 /faɪ/ 不同，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.