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 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。
• Not content with this, Antiochus boldly entered the holiest Temple in the entire world, guided by Menelaus, the traitor to the law and country.
  王还以为不足，又以背叛法律出卖祖国的默乃劳为向导，胆敢进入举世至圣的圣殿。
• 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 of the Shinto rituals
  这是最古老、最神圣的神道教仪式。
• I thought: Here you are in India, in an Ashram in one of the holiest pilgrimage sites on earth.
  我心想：你现在人在印度的道场，在世界上最神圣的地方之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pursuit of peace is our holiest quest.
  对和平的追求是最值得敬仰的。
• In India the dying make pilgrimages to sacred sites, such as Varanasi, to be cremated and released into the River Ganges, India's holiest waterway.
  在印度，易篑之人去诸如瓦拉纳西的圣地朝圣，以求火葬之后将骨灰撒入恒河之中。
• For two days it barred monks from the golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the country's holiest shrine.
  他们曾封锁和尚不准进入仰光大金塔的，这是该国最神圣的所在。