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

A tenet is a principle or belief honored by a person or, more often, a group of people. "Seek pleasure and avoid pain" is a basic tenet of Hedonism. "God exists" is a tenet of most major religions.

Tenet is pronounced "ten’it." The word evolved from the Latin tenere "to hold." The noun tenet is an opinion or doctrine one holds. It usually refers to a philosophy or a religion, but it doesn't have to — for instance, Eastern medicine has different tenets from Western medicine. One of the central tenets of succeeding in the workplace is that a good offense is the best defense.

WORD FAMILY

tenet: tenets

USAGE EXAMPLES

Players, abiding by their religious tenets, use the sport as an outlet between long hours spent studying Judaic texts and other subjects.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

At the CIA’s annual Memorial Wall ceremony in 2000, Kirzinger said Tenet’s vivid remarks about the slain operatives inspired his project.

Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016)

Certain styles of preparation — deep frying, for example — are considered “red lines,” but it is a key tenet of Nemmer’s approach that “nothing is forbidden.”

New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)

n a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

dogma

article of faith, credendum

(Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided

church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine

the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

单词	tenet
释义	tenet (once / 1814 pages) n A tenet is a principle or belief honored by a person or, more often, a group of people. "Seek pleasure and avoid pain" is a basic tenet of Hedonism. "God exists" is a tenet of most major religions. Tenet is pronounced "ten’it." The word evolved from the Latin tenere "to hold." The noun tenet is an opinion or doctrine one holds. It usually refers to a philosophy or a religion, but it doesn't have to — for instance, Eastern medicine has different tenets from Western medicine. One of the central tenets of succeeding in the workplace is that a good offense is the best defense. WORD FAMILY tenet: tenets USAGE EXAMPLES Players, abiding by their religious tenets, use the sport as an outlet between long hours spent studying Judaic texts and other subjects. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) At the CIA’s annual Memorial Wall ceremony in 2000, Kirzinger said Tenet’s vivid remarks about the slain operatives inspired his project. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Certain styles of preparation — deep frying, for example — are considered “red lines,” but it is a key tenet of Nemmer’s approach that “nothing is forbidden.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) n a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper dogma article of faith, credendum (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
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