Salvation



GRE 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 得救, 拯救
• ［英］ n. 得救, 拯救 ( a saving ; rescue)
• ［记］ salv ( 救) +ation
• ［例］ seek salvation from trouble ( 寻求摆脱麻烦)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English salvacion, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin salvation-, salvatio, from salvare to save — more at save
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. deliverance from the power and effects of sin
  • b. the agent or means that effects salvation
  • c. Christian Science the realization of the supremacy of infinite Mind over all bringing with it the destruction of the illusion of sin, sickness, and death
• 2. liberation from ignorance or illusion
• 3.
  • a. preservation from destruction or failure
  • b. deliverance from danger or difficulty
• ? salvational adjective

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