英语词汇“divine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nadjv

"To err is human, to forgive divine" means that everyone makes mistakes, but we should try to be like god and forgive one another. Divine basically means relating to, coming from, or like God or a god.

Divine also has an old-fashioned and informal meaning of being very good or pleasing, as in "She looked absolutely divine in her blue and white gown." This is an adjective that goes back to Middle English, borrowed from Old French devine, from Latin dīvīnus "divine, foreseeing," from dīvus "god."

WORD FAMILY

divine: divination, divinatory, divined, divinely, diviner, divines, divinest, divining, diviningly, divinity+/divination: divinations/diviner: diviners/divinity: divinities

USAGE EXAMPLES

But in later prophetic books the divine voice grows quieter.

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

The harmony that was created when they laughed simultaneously was close to divine.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017)

Of course, many of the city’s old guard still think the Reagan era was just divine.

Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016)

1n a clergyman or other person in religious orders

Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper

churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic

Thomas a Kempis

German ecclesiastic (1380-1471)

Saint Bruno

(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)

ordainer

a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders

pardoner

a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences

pluralist

a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time

absolver

someone who grants absolution

clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

2adj emanating from God

divine judgment
divine guidance

Syn

godly
heavenly

of or belonging to heaven or god

3adj resulting from divine providence

Syn

providential
heavenly

of or belonging to heaven or god

4adj being or having the nature of a god

"the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier
the divine will
the divine capacity for love

Syn

godlike
heavenly

of or belonging to heaven or god

5adj appropriate to or befitting a god

the divine strength of Achilles

Syn

godlike
superhuman

above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance

6adj being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

her pies were simply divine
the divine Shakespeare

Syn

elysian, inspired
glorious

having or deserving or conferring glory

7adj devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

divine worship
divine liturgy

Syn

sacred

concerned with religion or religious purposes

8v perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Hypo|Hyper

chiromance

divine by reading someone's palms

comprehend, perceive

to become aware of through the senses

9v search by divining, as if with a rod

He claimed he could divine underground water

Hypo|Hyper

dowse

use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal

look for, search, seek

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

WORD FAMILY

Divine: Divines

USAGE EXAMPLES

Her PhD subject was the illustrations of the early manuscripts of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016)

I was for four years the choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

New York Times(Dec 08, 2016)

The Divine Comedy and Billy Bragg have also been announced as performers.

BBC(Nov 22, 2016)

n terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Syn|Exp|Exp|Hypo

Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker

Father-God

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

Logos

the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

Holy Spirit

the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost

God, Supreme Being

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity

the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead

hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ

any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united

单词	divine
释义	divine (once / 89 pages) nadjv "To err is human, to forgive divine" means that everyone makes mistakes, but we should try to be like god and forgive one another. Divine basically means relating to, coming from, or like God or a god. Divine also has an old-fashioned and informal meaning of being very good or pleasing, as in "She looked absolutely divine in her blue and white gown." This is an adjective that goes back to Middle English, borrowed from Old French devine, from Latin dīvīnus "divine, foreseeing," from dīvus "god." WORD FAMILY divine: divination, divinatory, divined, divinely, diviner, divines, divinest, divining, diviningly, divinity+/divination: divinations/diviner: diviners/divinity: divinities USAGE EXAMPLES But in later prophetic books the divine voice grows quieter. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The harmony that was created when they laughed simultaneously was close to divine. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Of course, many of the city’s old guard still think the Reagan era was just divine. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n a clergyman or other person in religious orders Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic Thomas a Kempis German ecclesiastic (1380-1471) Saint Bruno (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101) ordainer a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders pardoner a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences pluralist a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time absolver someone who grants absolution clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church 2adj emanating from God divine judgment divine guidance Syn godly heavenly of or belonging to heaven or god 3adj resulting from divine providence Syn providential heavenly of or belonging to heaven or god 4adj being or having the nature of a god "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier the divine will the divine capacity for love Syn godlike heavenly of or belonging to heaven or god 5adj appropriate to or befitting a god the divine strength of Achilles Syn godlike superhuman above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance 6adj being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods her pies were simply divine the divine Shakespeare Syn elysian, inspired glorious having or deserving or conferring glory 7adj devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity divine worship divine liturgy Syn sacred concerned with religion or religious purposes 8v perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers Hypo\|Hyper chiromance divine by reading someone's palms comprehend, perceive to become aware of through the senses 9v search by divining, as if with a rod He claimed he could divine underground water Hypo\|Hyper dowse use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of Divine (once / 387 pages) n WORD FAMILY Divine: Divines USAGE EXAMPLES Her PhD subject was the illustrations of the early manuscripts of Dante’s Divine Comedy. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) I was for four years the choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) The Divine Comedy and Billy Bragg have also been announced as performers. BBC(Nov 22, 2016) n terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God Syn\|Exp\|Exp\|Hypo Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker Father-God God when considered as the first person in the Trinity Logos the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) Holy Spirit the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost God, Supreme Being the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
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