参考词典中ordain的常规释义:
基本释义
- vt. 注定,规定,任命
vi. 颁布命令
词形变化
- 时 态:or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains名 词:or·dain'ment
英英解释
4个动词解释
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree
[同] enact, ordain
[例]- The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
- the legislature enacted this law in 1985
- appoint to a clerical posts
[同] consecrate, ordain, order, ordinate
[例]- he was ordained in the Church
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- invest with ministerial or priestly authority
[例]- The minister was ordained only last month
- issue an order
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