epistle

英 [ɪ'pɪs(ə)l] 美[ɪ'pɪsl]

英英释义实用场景例句

畅通词汇

复数: epistles;

epistle 使徒书信

epi-, 在上，朝向。-stle, 放置，送出，词源同stand, stall, apostle.原指信息，书信，后来特指基督门徒书信。

epistle: epistle: [14] Epistle has never really caught on in English as a general term for a ‘letter’ – too highfalutin – but in fact from a semantic point of view its origins are quite simple. It comes ultimately from Greek epistolé, which meant ‘something sent to someone’. This was a derivative of epistéllein, a compound verb formed from the prefix epí- ‘to’ and stellein ‘send’ (as in apostle, literally ‘someone sent out’).

English actually acquired the word for the first time during the Anglo-Saxon period, directly from Latin epistola, and it survived into the 16th century in the reduced form pistle. In the 14th century, however, it was reborrowed, via Old French, as epistle.
=> apostle
epistle (n.): partly from Old English epistol and in part directly from Old French epistle, epistre (Modern French épitre), from Latin epistola "a letter," from Greek epistole "message, letter, command, commission," whether verbal or in writing, from epistellein "send to, send as a message or letter," from epi "to" (see epi-) + stellein in its secondary sense of "to dispatch, send" from PIE *stel-yo-, suffixed form of root *stel- "to put, stand," with derivatives referring to a standing object or place (see stall (n.1)). Also acquired in Old English directly from Latin as pistol. Specific sense of "letter from an apostle forming part of canonical scripture" is c. 1200.

The epistle deals therefore with the sovereign and universal principles.: 这封书信讲到了至尊的,最大的原则.

A reference to " natural law " can be found in the Epistle of Paul to the Romans.: 在圣保罗致罗马人的使徒书信中就已论及了 “ 自然法 ”.

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.: 27我指着主嘱咐你们,要把这信念给众弟兄听.

I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.: 22我这代笔写信的德丢, 在主里面问你们安.

I, Tertius , who write this epistle, greet you in the Lord.: 22我这代笔写信的德丢, 在主里问你们安.

Timothy was the last biblical epistle that the Apostle Paul wrote.: 提摩太后书是圣经中使徒保罗所写的最后一封书信.

A biblical text sung between Epistle and the Gospel of the Mass.: 吟唱圣经引自《使徒书信》和《福音书》之间的用于吟唱的一段圣经短文.

A biblical text sung between the Epistle and the Gospel of the Mass.: 引自《使徒书信》和《福音书》之间的用于吟唱的一段圣经短文.

We are about to commence reading through the Epistle of James again.: 我们的读经又一次轮到了雅各书.

He wrote a lengthy epistle describing his college life.: 他写了一封冗长的长信描述他的大学生活.

That luminous epistle finishes me with the religious element among my constituents.: 这封聪明的书信把我选民当中的宗教界人士对我的好感完全断送了.

Paul's deep concern for the Corinthian Church comes through many times in this epistle.: 保罗在这封写给哥林多信徒的书信中,多次表达出对他们的深切关心.

What is a blog but an uncensored epistle to an imaginary friend?: 博客若不是给想象中的友人的一封不加删节的书信,又是什么呢 ?