denomination
英[d?,n?m?'ne??(?)n]
美[d?,nɑm?'ne??n]
- n. 面額；名稱；教派
詞態變化
復數:?denominations;
中文詞源
denomination 教派，宗派
de-, 向下，強調。-nom, 命名，詞源同name. 即命名，同宗教名，教派。
英文詞源
- denomination (n.)
- late 14c., "a naming, act of giving a name to," from Old French denominacion "nominating, naming," from Latin denominationem (nominative denominatio) "a calling by anything other than the proper name, metonymy," from denominare "to name," from de- "completely" (see de-) + nominare "to name" (see nominate). Meaning "a class" is from mid-15c. Monetary sense is 1650s; meaning "religious sect" is 1716.
雙語例句
- 1. Acceptance of women preachers varies greatly from denomination to denomination.
- 在接受女性傳教士的問題上，不同教派的態度大相徑庭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Litre is a metric denomination.
- 升是公制單位.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The firm is still operating under another denomination.
- 這家公司改用了名稱仍在繼續營業.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. What religious denomination does he belong to?
- 他屬于哪個教派?
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The U.S. coins of the lowest denomination is the cent.
- 美國錢幣的最低單位是分.
來自辭典例句