devout

英语

词源

源自中古英語 devout、devot，源自古法語 devot（法语dévot），源自拉丁語 dēvōtus，dēvōveō的过去分词。devote 的同源對似詞。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /dɪˈvaʊt/
• (加拿大) 國際音標^(幫助): /dəˈvʌʊt/
• 韻部：-aʊt

• （英国南部）音频：

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形容词

devout (比較級 devouter 或 more devout，最高級 devoutest 或 most devout)

1. 虔诚的

   近義詞：pious

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 10:2:

     a devout man, and one that feared God

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   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:

     We must be constant and devout in the worship of our God.

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   • 2002, Dru C. Gladney, “Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community”, 出自 China Off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC，第 109 頁:

     I first became aware of changing Hui-Han social dynamics in the village from a discussion with one of the Han villagers in Team 1. She explained: “Since 1979, we have had less and less social contact with the Hui in the other teams. There are no problems between us, but the Hui are more devout [qian-cheng] now and less willing to come to our homes and visit or borrow tools. We raise pigs in our yards and eat pork, so they are afraid it will influence their religion [yingxiang tamende jiaomen]."

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   • 有關使用本詞的更多用例，請參閱Citations:devout。
2. (古舊) 表现出虔诚的

   devout sighs; devout eyes; a devout posture

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3. 真挚的，衷心的

   devout wishes for one's welfare

   衷心祝愿某人安康

名词

devout (複數 devouts)

1. (棄用) 虔诚信徒
2. (棄用) 虔诚

参考资料

• “devout”，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302

中古英语

其他形式

• devouth, devot, devote, devolte

词源

源自古法語 devot、devout，源自拉丁語 dēvōtus (“保证的，发誓的”)。

形容词

devout

1. 虔诚的
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue，第 21–22 行s:

     Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage
     To Caunterbury with ful devout corage,

     Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
     To Canterbury, full devout at heart,

2. 神圣的

派生語彙

• 英語: devout
• 低地蘇格蘭語: devot, devote, devoit

参考资料

• “dēvǒut, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.