(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'.
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双语例句
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.