柯林斯詞典sanctify /?s??kt??fa?/ (sanctifying,sanctified,sanctifies) 1. V-T If something is sanctified by a priest or other holy person, the priest or holy person officially approves of it, or declares it to be holy. 宣布...是圣潔的; 正式批準(zhǔn)[usu passive] She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified. 她試圖對她未被教會(huì)批準(zhǔn)的婚姻加以修正。 返回 sanctify劍橋詞典formal to make an event or place holy 使神圣化，使圣潔化 to make something socially or officially acceptable 使合法化；批準(zhǔn)；認(rèn)可 a practice sanctified by many years of tradition 多年的傳統(tǒng)所認(rèn)可的做法 返回 sanctify