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单词 Jeremiah
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Definition of Jeremiah in English:

Jeremiah

proper nounˌdʒɛrɪˈmʌɪəˌdʒɛrəˈmaɪə
  • 1(c.650–c.585 BC) a Hebrew major prophet who foresaw the fall of Assyria, the conquest of his country by Egypt and Babylon, and the destruction of Jerusalem. The biblical Lamentations are traditionally ascribed to him.

    1. 1.1 A book of the Bible containing Jeremiah's prophecies.
    2. 1.2as noun a Jeremiah A person who complains continually or foretells disaster.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That gloomiest of Jeremiahs, he conceded that to the inexperienced eye, the revolution in France exhibited a ‘fair prospect.’
      • So who's right, a Feelgood Fed or the housing Jeremiahs?
      • It hasn't been publicly articulated because the great and the good of the arts community don't want to be seen as Jeremiahs.
      • Countless Jeremiahs have denounced the impending death of the book at the hands of new forms of media.
      • Despite the Jeremiahs, tourism - Edinburgh's biggest industry - continues to expand.
      • Only a few brave economic writers are prepared to act as Jeremiahs.
      • Oramo shrugged off the Jeremiahs who were predicting that without Rattle the CBSO would back into obscurity.
      • Despite the predictions of the Jeremiahs, the Vettriano market is still holding up.
      • Facing the chaos of industrialization, a new generation of Jeremiahs moved to restore the nation's ‘hearthstone values.’
      • I ask myself: can anyone be both a proud father and a Jeremiah?
      • The prophets of doom are pessimistic; the Jeremiahs predict misfortune and calamity.
      • Indeed, contemporary Jeremiahs were only too quick to seize on the corrupting consequences of consumerism.
      • Saturday's vote must force these Jeremiahs to question their consciences.
      • Contrary to their claims, these writers are hardly courageous Jeremiahs crying out an unwelcome doctrine to rootless and anomic individuals.
      Synonyms
      spoilsport, moaner, complainer, mope, prophet of doom, cassandra, death's head at a feast

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah
 
 

Definition of Jeremiah in US English:

Jeremiah

proper nounˌdʒɛrəˈmaɪəˌjerəˈmīə
  • 1(c.650–c.585 BC), a Hebrew prophet. He foresaw the fall of Assyria, the conquest of his country by Egypt and Babylon, and the destruction of Jerusalem. The biblical Lamentations are traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah.

    1. 1.1 A book of the Bible containing the prophecies of Jeremiah.
    2. 1.2as noun a Jeremiah A person who complains continually or foretells disaster.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Facing the chaos of industrialization, a new generation of Jeremiahs moved to restore the nation's ‘hearthstone values.’
      • Countless Jeremiahs have denounced the impending death of the book at the hands of new forms of media.
      • That gloomiest of Jeremiahs, he conceded that to the inexperienced eye, the revolution in France exhibited a ‘fair prospect.’
      • Indeed, contemporary Jeremiahs were only too quick to seize on the corrupting consequences of consumerism.
      • I ask myself: can anyone be both a proud father and a Jeremiah?
      • Contrary to their claims, these writers are hardly courageous Jeremiahs crying out an unwelcome doctrine to rootless and anomic individuals.
      • So who's right, a Feelgood Fed or the housing Jeremiahs?
      • The prophets of doom are pessimistic; the Jeremiahs predict misfortune and calamity.
      • Despite the Jeremiahs, tourism - Edinburgh's biggest industry - continues to expand.
      • Oramo shrugged off the Jeremiahs who were predicting that without Rattle the CBSO would back into obscurity.
      • Despite the predictions of the Jeremiahs, the Vettriano market is still holding up.
      • Saturday's vote must force these Jeremiahs to question their consciences.
      • It hasn't been publicly articulated because the great and the good of the arts community don't want to be seen as Jeremiahs.
      • Only a few brave economic writers are prepared to act as Jeremiahs.
      Synonyms
      spoilsport, moaner, complainer, mope, prophet of doom, cassandra, death's head at a feast
 
 
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