holiest

英 [ˈhəʊlɪɪst]

美 [ˈhoʊliɪst]

adj.  与神(或宗教)有关的; 神圣的; 圣洁的; 强调惊讶、害怕等
holy的最高级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 与上帝（或宗教）有关的;神圣的
  If you describe something asholy, you mean that it is considered to be special because it is connected with God or a particular religion.
  1. To them, as to all Christians, this is a holy place.
     对他们以及所有基督徒来说，这里是一处圣地。
  2. ...Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
     赎罪日，犹太历中最神圣的日子
• ADJ-GRADED 虔诚的;圣洁的;献身于宗教（或教会）的
  Aholyperson is a religious leader or someone who leads a religious life.
  1. The Indians think of him as a holy man, a combination of doctor and priest.
     印度人把他视为圣人，他既是医生又是僧侣。
• （表示惊讶、恐慌等）天啊，上帝啊
  Holyis used in exclamations such as 'Holy cow!' and 'Holy smoke!' to express an emotion such as surprise or panic.
• See also:holier-than-thou

双语例句

• The pursuit of peace is our holiest quest.
  对和平的追求是最值得敬仰的。
• In six months, I was the holiest of holies, with a heart entirely devoted to my prayers and a stomach that crossed the state line by itself.
  过了半年，我成了圣洁当中的最圣洁者，祈祷时全心全意，我的肚子则自己越过了州界。
• Policemen patrol the city centre close to the Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest sites of Tibetan Buddhism where several protests, often involving just a handful of people, have occurred over the years.
  警察在靠近大昭寺的市中心展开了巡逻，大昭寺是藏传佛教最神圣的场所之一，多年以来，一部分人在那里进行过数次抗议活动。
• The systematic destroying of our holiest values.
  有计划地摧毁我们最神圣的价值观念。
• Thousands of pilgrims celebrated Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, beginning the holiest period on the Christian calendar.
  成千上万名朝圣者在耶路撒冷庆祝棕枝主日，开始了基督教日历中最神圣的时期。
• The moral threat was doubtless furthest from the minds of those celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem, and the return of Judaism's holiest sites, 40 years ago next month.
  无疑，对于那些在40年前的6月份庆祝耶鲁撒冷再统一及犹太教圣地回归的人而言，道德威胁是他们最后想到的事情。
• Attacks in Iraq have targeted Shiite Muslims marking their holiest day of the year.
  伊拉克发生的袭击事件的目标是正在纪念年度圣日的穆斯林什叶派教徒。
• We feel the lure of tlbet's holiest city.
  我们依然能感到圣城拉萨的诱惑。
• The holiest of men, it appears, cannot be admitted to posthumous honours, until all that the devil could say against him is known and weighed.
  看来，对于人中最神圣的人，不到魔鬼对他的一切攻讦都已弄清并经权衡之后，也不能许以身后的荣誉。
• While in Amritsar, Snatam lived next door to the Golden Temple, considered the world's holiest Sikh temple.
  当在阿姆利的时候，出于世界最神圣的锡克神庙的原因，斯奈特就住在金殿的旁边。