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

• Then, squeezing my friend's hand, I offer a prayer for her and me and all of the mere mortal women who stumble their way inlo this holiest of callings.
  然后，我紧紧地握住朋友的手，为她､为我､也为每一位艰难跋涉､准备响应那神圣召唤的平凡女性献上自己的祈祷｡
• This is the most ancient, and holiest ritual of the Christian.
  这是一个最古老的，最神圣的基督教的宗教仪式。
• On one day, the holiest day of the year* Yom kippur.
  在一年中的最神圣地一天，赎罪日。
• Mecca is the holiest city, to which Muslims try to go on pilgrimage.
  麦加是最神圣的城市，穆斯林们都力图去那里朝圣。
• What did it feel like to sit at the holiest of places and look out upon all those faces, the great directors, the great actors?
  当你站在神圣的奥斯卡颁奖台上，俯视台下那些在好莱坞呼风唤雨的导演、演员时，是怎样的一种心情？
• 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。
• Teaching is one of the holiest tasks.
  教书是最神圣的工作之一。
• 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。
• The death of Christ on the cross is the highest and the holiest that can be known of Him even in the glory of heaven.
  即使在天国的荣耀里，耶稣的被钉十字架，同样是神圣至极大爱的表现；
• Karbala, south of Baghdad in Iraq's Shiite heartland, is one of the world's holiest Shiite cities.
  卡尔巴拉，伊拉克巴格达南部的什叶派圣地，是世界上什叶派最神圣的城市之一。