Anoint

(verb.) administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.

(verb.) choose by or as if by divine intervention; 'She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group'.

班森编辑

• One of these slaves shall maintain the fire beneath thee, while the other shall anoint thy wretched limbs with oil, lest the roast should burn. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• You can anoint it also with urine. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• No voice would have had wing enough to rise above the uproar, and Mr. Brooke, disagreeably anointed, stood his ground no longer. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He only seemed to say, Defile not Heaven's anointed with unsanctified hands. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• So Pepin was chosen king at a gathering of the Frankish nobles in the Merovingian capital Soissons, and anointed and crowned. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And so when we have anointed him with myrrh, and set a garland of wool upon his head, we shall send him away to another city. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Near by is a circular railing which marks the spot where the Virgin stood when the Lord's body was anointed. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Soon a rill of clear oil trickled from the carcases, whereupon Clym dipped the corner of his handkerchief into the liquid and anointed the wound. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• There is a vague belief abroad, that the beef suet with which he anoints his hair gives him unnatural strength, and that he is a match for a man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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