Laodicean
英 [,leɪəʊdɪ'sɪən]
美
- adj. （对宗教、政治等）冷淡的
- n. （对宗教、政治等）不热心的人
英文词源
- Laodicean
- "lukewarm in religion," 1560s, from Laodicea, Syrian city (modern Latakia) whose early Christians were chastised in the Bible for indifference to their religion [Rev. iii:14-16]. The city is said to be named for the 3c B.C.E. Syrian queen Laodice, wife of Antiochus II.
双语例句
- 1. The trumpet symbolizes the bold sounding of the warning against Laodicean worldliness and compromise.
- 角象征警告老底嘉世俗化与妥协的勇敢的声音.
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