Christian name

英 [ˈkrɪstʃən neɪm]

美 [ˈkrɪstʃən neɪm]

n.  (西方人的)圣名，教名，洗礼名

牛津词典

noun

• （西方人的）圣名，教名，洗礼名
  (in Western countries) a name given to sb when they are born or when they are christened ; a personal name, not a family name
  1. We're all on Christian name terms here.
     我们这里所有的人都用教名相互称呼。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 教名;洗礼名
  Some people refer to their first names as theirChristian names.
  1. Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name he insisted on addressing me as 'Mr Kennedy'.
     虽然我一再让他叫我的教名，可他执意称我为“肯尼迪先生”。

双语例句

• My students usually call me by my Christian name.
  我的学生们通常用我的教名称呼我。
• Your first name, bob, must be the shortened form of a Christian name; isn't it?
  你的名字鲍勃一定是教名的简称；对吗？
• Can't you recollect what our father's Christian name was?
  你记不得我们的父亲的教名是什么了吗？
• His name is Peter Smith Peter is his Christian name.
  他叫彼得史密斯彼得是他的名字。
• Since Christianity depends on Jesus, it is incorrect to try to invalidate the Christian faith by pointing to horrible things done in the name of Christianity.
  既然基督是靠耶稣而站立，那么仅仅因为几件借基督名而行的可怕的事情就试着动摇对基督徒的信心是错误的。
• Should I sign using my Christian name?
  我该怎么签，要用到我的教会名字吗？
• Teenagers often doodle just their first name or the initial of their Christian name, indicating a desire to break away from the family and do their own thing.
  年轻人经常会写他们的名或是教名的首字母，实际上暗示了他们希望独立并作自己的事情。
• A Christian is not just a club member who has one's name registered.
  教友不只是一个登记了名字的会员。
• She walked her son, known as J.C. because his middle name is Christian, to school in the morning with a blue plastic bag containing his lunch and a water bottle.
  她早上步行送儿子去上学时，提着一个蓝色塑料袋，里面装着孩子的午餐和一瓶水。因为儿子的中间名是克里斯蒂安（Christian），大家管他叫JC。
• They were on Christian name terms when they were alone.
  他们单独在一起时，以教名相称。