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单词 deadly sin
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Definition of deadly sin in English:

deadly sin

noun
  • (in Christian tradition) a sin regarded as leading to damnation, especially one of a traditional list of seven.

    (基督传统中认定的)无可饶恕之罪(尤指七宗大罪之一)。见SEVEN DEADLY SINS

    See the seven deadly sins at seven
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pride becomes a deadly sin when it poisons our virtues.
    • St Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who shaped society's thinking on the deadly sins, rated pride as the worst of all.
    • Like all the deadly sins, it seems like a good idea at the time.
    • Viewing pornography and lying aren't exactly deadly sins, but Americans have labeled them the top two most deplorable behaviors a person can engage in.
    • By the same token, he considered pride the worst of the deadly sins: ‘the prime plague and begetter of all others,’ as Raphael Hythloday says at the end of Utopia.
    • This is a memoir of a man lucky enough to get away with actually losing money and lucky enough to get away with indulging a handful of deadly sins.
    • But as someone who has been known to buy new underwear to avoid having to do a load of wash, I believe sloth should be stricken from the list of deadly sins.
    • Procrastination was on the list to become the eighth deadly sin, but they couldn't make up their minds.
    • For conservatives, the deadly sins are obvious: sloth and greed.
    • Sloth, the biblical term for laziness, is one of the deadly sins.
    • A tale of several deadly sins - every one, really, but lust, which was replaced by bloodlust.
    • In modern society, this translates into avarice, wrath, lust, gluttony and the other deadly sins.
    • The deadly sins start to take over… pride, lust, greed, envy, gluttony, sloth, and wrath… all the things that you might expect from an ogre but were never true of Shrek.
    • And why did he think sloth the worst of all the deadly sins?
    • Most people indulge in small gross acts which cannot be called crimes or deadly sins.
    • Grossly overweight, chain smoker, heavy drinker, compulsive gambler, adulterer, arrogant and domineering, he seemed to be working his way through each of the deadly sins.
    • Based on a book by Maurine Dallas Watkins about a true story from 1926, it rollicks with elements of pretty well all seven of the deadly sins.
    • But what should today's list of deadly sins include?
    • It is peculiar that while the physical penalties of gluttony may be the heaviest of all the deadly sins, it is the sin that deposits the least guilt.
    • So now I'm suffering the effects of one of the deadly sins, gluttony.

Definition of deadly sin in US English:

deadly sin

nounˈdedlē sinˈdɛdli sɪn
  • (in Christian tradition) a sin regarded as leading to damnation, especially one of a traditional list of seven.

    (基督传统中认定的)无可饶恕之罪(尤指七宗大罪之一)。见SEVEN DEADLY SINS

    See seven deadly sins
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Based on a book by Maurine Dallas Watkins about a true story from 1926, it rollicks with elements of pretty well all seven of the deadly sins.
    • And why did he think sloth the worst of all the deadly sins?
    • But as someone who has been known to buy new underwear to avoid having to do a load of wash, I believe sloth should be stricken from the list of deadly sins.
    • It is peculiar that while the physical penalties of gluttony may be the heaviest of all the deadly sins, it is the sin that deposits the least guilt.
    • St Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who shaped society's thinking on the deadly sins, rated pride as the worst of all.
    • Most people indulge in small gross acts which cannot be called crimes or deadly sins.
    • But what should today's list of deadly sins include?
    • Grossly overweight, chain smoker, heavy drinker, compulsive gambler, adulterer, arrogant and domineering, he seemed to be working his way through each of the deadly sins.
    • In modern society, this translates into avarice, wrath, lust, gluttony and the other deadly sins.
    • Sloth, the biblical term for laziness, is one of the deadly sins.
    • This is a memoir of a man lucky enough to get away with actually losing money and lucky enough to get away with indulging a handful of deadly sins.
    • For conservatives, the deadly sins are obvious: sloth and greed.
    • A tale of several deadly sins - every one, really, but lust, which was replaced by bloodlust.
    • So now I'm suffering the effects of one of the deadly sins, gluttony.
    • Like all the deadly sins, it seems like a good idea at the time.
    • The deadly sins start to take over… pride, lust, greed, envy, gluttony, sloth, and wrath… all the things that you might expect from an ogre but were never true of Shrek.
    • Procrastination was on the list to become the eighth deadly sin, but they couldn't make up their minds.
    • Pride becomes a deadly sin when it poisons our virtues.
    • Viewing pornography and lying aren't exactly deadly sins, but Americans have labeled them the top two most deplorable behaviors a person can engage in.
    • By the same token, he considered pride the worst of the deadly sins: ‘the prime plague and begetter of all others,’ as Raphael Hythloday says at the end of Utopia.
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