nativity 详细解释

nativity

[nə'tiviti]

n. 出生, 诞生
Nativity: 基督的诞生

n.

1. 出生, 诞生[U][C]

I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant.

我从出生到现在一直侍奉着他。

2. (大写)耶稣的诞生; 耶稣诞生图[the S]

the story of the Nativity

耶稣诞生的故事

3. (大写)圣诞节[the S]

4. (占星术的)算命天宫图[C]

词形变化

名词复数: nativities |

词义辨析

同义参见:

nationality  

英英释义

名词 nativity:

the event of being born

同义词:birth, nascency, nascence

the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas

同义词:Virgin Birth

补充

nativitynativity英:[nəˈtiviti] 美:[nəˈtɪvɪti, ne-]n.1.(尤指)基督的诞生, 圣诞节2.出生

例句

1. No matter how British our antecedents, the fact of our nativity in Berlin means that we are merely 'British by descent'.无论我们的祖先是多么纯正的英国人, 我们出生在柏林这一事实意味着我们只是“血统上的英国人”。 2. Bristol is the place of her nativity.布里斯托尔是她的出生地。 3. His glance wandered unimpressed over the nativity.他漫不经心地扫了一眼耶稣诞生图。 4. This is a significant moment in the creation of the modern party, and may therefore serve as a nativity.这是这个现代政党创立过程中的重要时刻, 也许会成为它正式成立的标志。 5. the place of my nativity.我的出生地。