sacred adj. 1.神圣的 (opp. profane); 宗教的 (opp. secular); 上帝的,神的。 2.(動物、植物等)被崇為神物的;不可侵犯的。 3.獻給…的;供獻給…的。 a sacred disease 瘋癲。 a sacred number (宗教上)神秘的數字〔特指7〕。 a sacred place 【法律】墳墓。 the sacred cat (古埃及的)神貓。 the sacred beetle=scarab. a monument sacred to the memory of sb. (某人的)紀念碑。 be sacred from 免除,不受。 hold sacred 尊重,保護。 adv. -ly
The hebrew scriptures , the sacred book of judaism 猶太教《圣經》希伯來的圣經,一本猶太教的圣書
And the same hour the other learned man , he who had upheld the gods , burned his sacred books 與此同時,信奉神的那位學者燒掉了他的經書。
It is queer because , unlike all other sacred books of the world , it is in large part a collection of the literature , legends and memorials of a single people - the hebrews 圣經是怪異的,因為它不像世界上所有其他的圣書,它大部分是由單一民族? ?希伯來人的文學、傳說和紀念文字所編成的集子。
In india they may have the most sacred books in the world ; they may have the greatest philosophies ; they may have constructed wonderful temples in the past , but none of these were able to give me what i wanted 在印度,他們可能擁有世界上最神圣的書本,他們可能有最偉大的哲學,他們可能建造過美妙的神殿,但是這一切都不能給我想要的東西。
They either destroyed the sacred books of other peoples among whom they settled , or made them inaccessible to students of comparative philosophy , apparently believing that in this way they could stamp out all record of the pre - christian origin of their doctrines 他們或是摧毀和他們生活在一起的其他民族的圣書,或是使他們的學生無法得到這些圣書以作哲學比較,他們顯然相信,這樣就能夠去除他們教義中前基督教起源的所有痕跡。
The author also states that the golden rule do unto others as you would have others do unto you is found in almost all the worlds sacred books , begging the question arent animals also others ? because they live , breathe and think as humans do , and show love , fear and anger as well 他也指出:幾乎所有的神圣經典中,都有你希望別人怎樣待你,你就應該這樣待人。這條金科玉律,事實上它所指的對象也包括動物在內,因為它們和人類一樣都有生命會呼吸,也有它們的想法,它們也表現出愛恐懼與憤怒等種種情緒。