The priest sanctified the ground before the ceremony began.
牧师在仪式开始前将这块土地祝圣了。
Through years of devotion and selfless service, she lived a sanctified life that inspired everyone who knew her.
经过多年的虔诚奉献和无私服务,她过着一种圣洁的生活,感染了每一个认识她的人。
在《圣经》(The Bible)中,sanctified 是一个核心词汇,尤其在《哥林多前书》6:11 中出现:"But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified…",表达信徒因信仰而被洁净、成圣。
莎士比亚在《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet)中使用过该词,莱尔提斯说:"I am satisfied in nature, whose motive in this case should stir me most to my revenge; but in my terms of honour I stand aloof, and will no reconcilement till by some elder masters of known honour I have a voice and precedent of peace to keep my name ungored. But till that time I do receive your offered love like love, and will not wrong it." 而在其他场景中,sanctified 用于表达神圣庄严的语境。